OXFORD — Gemma Smedberg-Goodwin has been busy raising money — and has even shaved her head — in support of breast cancer research. “This is the first time I’ve ever done anything like this,” said Smedberg-Goodwin, who is originally from Oxford, but currently resides in Branson, Mo. “I’ve never really felt like this before — […]
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Agreement near on environmental violations at fairgrounds
OXFORD — A $50,000 settlement among the Department of Environmental Protection and the Oxford County Agricultural Society, Suzanne and Rupert Grover and McGee Construction of West Gardiner over an environmental violations at the fairgrounds two years ago comes one step closer to conclusion this week. The required 30-day public commenting period for the administrative consent […]
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Today’s agenda
Franklin NEW VINEYARD: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills BETHEL: Conservation Commission, 4:30 p.m., Town Office CASCO: Open Space Commission, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center CASCO: Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center NEWRY: Selectmen, 4:30 p.m., Town Office OXFORD: SAD 17 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Central Office PARIS: Paris Utility […]
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Well done – Area students graduate
NORTON, Mass. — The following area students graduated from Wheaton College on May 19. William Colasante of Lewiston, degree in biology. Jenifer DeNormandie of Bethel, degree in neuroscience. DeNormandie also earned dean’s list honors for the spring 2012 semester. CLEMSON, S.C. — Joseph Patrick Reynolds of Bryant Pond graduated from Clemson University on May 11 […]
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Auto Racing Notebook: Brackett hopes to crack 250’s good ol’ boy network
The TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway has seen countless family combinations chase the glory together in its 39-year history. Father against son? Mike and Ben Rowe and their five combined wins immediately come to mind. Brother against brother? The list reads like a roll call of racing surname royalty. The brothers Bodine, Burton, […]
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Well done – Area students attain dean’s lists
MANCHESTER, NH. – Tessa Theriault has been named to the dean’s list at Saint Anselm College for the 2011–12 fall and spring semesters. Tessa is a Presidential Scholar majoring in classical archaeology. She is a 2011 graduate of Poland Regional High School. BOSTON — Wentworth Institute of Technology announces the names of students who have […]
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Residents support Smith at Recreation Committee meeting
OXFORD — A Tuesday workshop for Oxford selectmen to learn more about Oxford’s recreation programs and the fundraising that supports them was attended by more than 50 people. Many of the attendees voiced support for recreation committee member Gary Smith, who was accused at the June 21 selectmen’s meeting of acting inappropriately at a youth […]
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Region 9 to pursue wood-pellet heating
MEXICO — The Region 9 board took its first solid steps Wednesday night to change the heating of the River Road vocational school from oil to wood pellets. Members voted unanimously to go out for a request for proposals to replace the building’s two small boilers with one that would provide heat using wood pellets. […]
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Agriculture & Conservation Day at World’s Fair on July 20
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, July 20, children will get an opportunity to go through an amazing array of learning stations, mostly hands-on, including aquatics, beekeeping, forestry, animal husbandry, soils, minerals and a petting zoo. This year emphasis will be placed on learning about forestry. This is a wonderful opportunity for children […]
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Two artists exhibiting at CMMC in July
LEWISTON — The works of a painter and a photographer-painter are now being featured at the Central Maine Medical Center Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery. Paintings by Vyonne Spaar and photographs and paintings by Kathy Cain are on display at CMMC. “The interplay of form, color, textures, light and movement of ocean, sky and […]