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Happy Monday,
While waiting for sandwiches the other day at Amato's another customer asked me: "why wouldn't the skeleton cross the road?"
I didn't have the answer.
"Because he didn't have the guts!" the guy told me with a belly laugh.
He made my day. How often does a stranger engage you with a little banter and fun? He had a couple other jokes, but I'm not good at remembering them and they weren't apropos to the season. But they were funny!
And speaking of Halloween, there are all kinds of Trunk or Treat festivitiees coming up. If your community or organization is presenting a Halloween celebration, please email me and we'll post it in our newsletter next week!
Thanks for reading,
Nicole Carter |
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The Oxford Fire Department dispatched crew members Corey Oster (firefighter/EMT), Cordell Leeman (Lieutenant/AEMT) and Keith Champagne (firefighter/EMT) to Oxford Elementary School Wednesday help students learn about fire prevention and safety. (Nicole Carter/Staff Writer)
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MORE NEWS |
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The Weary Clubhouse closed out its 2025 season with a facelift - rehabilitating its front porch and hosting a huge crowd for its October 'coffee and conversation' meeting Saturday morning.
Emergency crews responded to a couple of locations after a blown transformer caused at least two fires in Paris.
More than 700 lined Main and Fair streets in South Paris and Norway Saturday for a No Kings rally. The demonstration was the second this year, with thousands across Maine voicing their Constitutional right to free speech. |
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NSB contributes $20,000 to SAD 17's Viking FUNds |
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Supporting experiential education is a labor of love and continues to be an honor for Norway Savings Bank. Viking FUNds is a bank-initiated program that funds enjoyable, educational, and enlightening field trips for elementary-school students in MSAD #17 (Norway, Oxford, West Paris, South Paris, Otisfield, Harrison, Hebron, and Waterford). Recently, NSB contributed another $10,000 to Viking FUNds, bringing the total donations to $20,000 in 2025. Over the last three years the bank has financed the program with $70,000 in donations. Check out the full story and learn how impactful the program is for local students.
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THINGS TO DO |
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This week's Viking Home Games: The J.V. football team takes on Deering Monday at Gouin Athletic Complex Monday afternoon, starting at 4:00. At 4:15 the field hockey teams will play games against Mt. Blue. And Tuesday Mt. Blue comes to town again, playing the boys soccer teams, with the J.V. game scheduled for 4 p.m.
Hebron Academy is hosting Cohen Chamber Concert tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lepage Center for the Arts. The program features Haydn’s Concerto in D Major and Schumann’s Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129 and performances by cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws and pianist Yuri Funahashi. Admission is free, but please RSVP here.
Tomorrow there will be a Senior Lunch at the Harrison Fire Department, in the Community Room starting at 12 p.m. Come for some Bingo, pulled pork, smoked mac 'n cheese and dessert. Please RSVP: 207-583-2241 x304, or at recreation@harrisonmaine.org.
Maine People's Alliance Community Meeting 10/22 5:30-7:30 Dinner is provided, and please RSVP! Join MPA members from Norway and surrounding towns as we work to take action in our community and move MPA’s work forward. Come hear more about what’s happened since our last meeting. This is an opportunity to connect with neighbors and build relationships
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THE WAY IT WAS IN OXFORD HILLS |
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Nicole Carter has been the Advertiser Democrat's main staff writer since 2019, winning several Maine Press Awards for writing and photography. Previously she reported on Franklin County news with the Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and worked at several multi-media companies in Southern Maine Send story suggestions or newsletter info to Nicole. You can support this newsletter by sharing it and encouraging friends and family to sign up. Explore our other newsletters. |
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