Oxford County in COVID crisis

Rural hospitals, including Stephens Memorial, are overflowing with critically ill patients; new variant omicron is on the way. With Otisfield Community School reporting 70% of students in quarantine, administrators closed the doors Wednesday for remote learning.

Ambulance service explores unionizing

Overseers of the poor: Life on the farm

Municipal archives provide a wealth of information about poverty in Maine in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Oxford Hills students rewarded for turning in cyber bullies

Instagram is the latest social media platform showing mischief and misbehavior gone viral.

Overseers of the poor: Oxford letters portray the plight of town paupers

For centuries Maine communities relied on Elizabethan-era laws to determine support for poor residents and nonresidents.

SAD 17 gains the upper hand vs. COVID-19

Staggered school start times began this week due to bus driver shortage.

Forest classroom opens the door to learning in West Paris

A wooded hillside behind Agnes Gray Elementary School gives view of world civilizations.

Rotarian memorialized through donation to Harrison Food Bank

Friend of the late Sheila Rollins has donated hundreds of pounds of food in her name.

Norway motel hosts law enforcement officers, K9s for training

In the past it was not unusual to see police vehicles at the old Inn Town Motel. These days law enforcement and their K9 partners have free run for training while the motel is closed for renovations.

COVID-19 sweeps through SAD 17