SAD 17’s COVID numbers climbing by the hour

For now, the school district is so overloaded with positive cases and contract tracing it has abandoned reporting student quarantines on its website.

Omicron’s impact unknown as Oxford Hills students head back to school

Superintendent Dr. Monica Henson says SAD 17 is bracing for an influx of illness and quarantine.

2021: A year of life — and news — in Oxford Hills (part 1)

The pandemic continued to dominate in 2021 but individuals, organizations and events also made the news, from personal achievements to business reopenings to community support.

Omicron is at Oxford Hills’ threshold

Although the newest variant of the virus is believed to be less dangerous than delta, it is more contagious and will further tax Maine's health care system.

Overseers of the poor: Ending the ‘town farm’ experiment

The Great Depression changed the face of poverty. The Social Security Act changed the quality of life for many poor. Twentieth-century improvements to institutional welfare programs put an end to the almshouse for good.

Guy E. Rowe fifth-graders collect for their neighbors

The students said this was the first time they had ever organized and run a big project like a food drive. They all agreed that they would like to do it again.

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

Otisfield school closed due to COVID-19 infections, quarantines

Students will return to their classrooms Jan. 4.

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.