SAD 17 Board of Directors Agenda – Aug. 19, 2019

OXFORD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 743-8972 www.msad17.org www.msad17.org/District/School-Board DATE: Monday, August 19, 2019 TIME: 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: Central Office, 232 Main Street, South Paris, Community Room #201 A G E N D A 1. CALL TO ORDER. Board Chair Diana Olsen will preside. 2. FLAG SALUTE. 3. WELCOME TO […]

Oxford Selectboard Agenda — August 15, 2019

August 15, 2019 6:30 PM AGENDA CALL TO ORDER and FLAG SALUTE Chairman Scott Hunter will preside. ACTION ON MINUTES Action on minutes dated August 1, 2019. ADJUSTMENTS TO AGENDA – To accept the bid of $______________ from_______________ for the paving of Fore Street and to accept the bid of $______________ from_______________ for the paving […]

Harrison updates sign policy

HARRISON — The Board of Selectmen Thursday, Aug. 8, accepted an updated sign policy that limits use of the sign in front of the town office to town business and non-profit organizations. The sign will soon be replaced by an electronic sign. By definition, the policy needed to be changed to include the new sign, […]

Dam grant denied

OXFORD — An application for a grant which would help officials study, evaluate and implement a plan to deal with the deteriorating Welchville Dam did not receive funding, selectmen learned on Thursday, Aug 1. In December, selectmen authorized Town Manager Butch Asselin to apply for a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

Wandering: Perspective

As a writer, I spend a lot of time in my head. My brain forms and rejects stories as I go about the more mundane tasks of my day. As ideas begin to take shape, I envision what words I am going to use, what points will take precedence, and how I will tie it […]

PHOTO: Collins lends a hand at Oxford bakery

Ticked off: Avoid, protect, check, remove

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part series about tick identification, disease and encounter prevention.   REGION — We all know the drill when it comes to avoiding ticks and the diseases they carry. When headed outdoors, wear light-colored long pants and shirts. Tuck your pant legs into your socks, and your shirt […]

PHOTO: Sen. Collins tours pie factory in Oxford

Ticked off: Tracking tick encounters and diseases

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series about tick identification, disease and encounter prevention.   REGION — Ticks: tiny arachnids that depend on the blood of hosts to survive. Their M.O. is to attach to their host and then gorge on its blood. As they do this, they can pass along a variety […]

New principal ready to welcome OHMS students

PARIS — A new face will greet Oxford Hills Middle School students when they return on Wednesday, Aug 28. Brian Desilets, of Randolph, New Hampshire, is the new middle school principal, and he is looking forward to the upcoming year. “The biggest challenge, I think, is going to be learning the district and the two […]