Free weekly produce pick-up starts today in South Paris

The nonprofit group Gardeners Growing Health Communities is ready to start its weekly harvest and produce distribution from its South Paris and Rumford gardens. Food pick-up in South Paris is every Thursday afternoon starting at 5:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 217 Main Street.

Backyard nature: A frog-eat-frog world

Blue frogs. Green frogs. Little, big and mean frogs. I had to shelter at home and our pond has become my means for mental stimulation.

Pollinator at work

Hebron man’s good fortune makes him a millionaire

Mark Ramsdell purchased the $1 million lottery ticket from a variety store in Oxford.

Harrison voters OK spending, policies, ordinances

Ballots were cast at the polls instead of at a public meeting.

SAD 17 outlines plan to reopen schools next month

Superintendent Rick Colpitts stipulates virus must be on downward trajectory before reopening.

Oxford’s annual town meeting attendance down by about 50%

Girl Scouts and BLM

SAD 17 not seeing exodus of educators due to COVID-19

Stakeholder survey on education concerns during pandemic elicits 50% response.

Oxford County Fair holding out for 4 H

Organizers are determined to at least preserve the youth beef exhibition in some form.