Good morning,
"Stop, drop and roll!" Who doesn't remember the age-old lesson from their early school days? I certainly do. I don't recall which grade or even school I was in when introduced to fire prevention and safety but - well - let's just say it's been decades and I never forgot what I learned.
I also remember how earnestly I insisted to my mother after coming home from school during that long-ago Fire Prevention Week we needed to devise a household escape plan in event of fire, complete with a confirmed outside gathering place for all the family.
As I visited Oxford Hills schools this week I looked back on those early lessons and realized that I still think about fire safety. I always make a mental note of the best way to escape a building in a fire and I make sure my smoke alarms have working batteries.
And while it wasn't part of what my classmates and I were made aware of all those years ago, these days I certainly pay attention if my cell phone starts to feel hotter than it should. Lithium battery safety is the theme for Fire Prevention Week this year.
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 to help students learn about fire prevention and safety. (Nicole Carter/Staff Writer)
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MORE NEWS
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Read how Oxford Hills schools commemorated Fire Prevention Week this year, including with what is believed to be the only smoke simulator house in Maine.
And speaking of fire safety and prevention, Oxford Hills was jolted this week by a blown power transformer along Main Street in South Paris that led to fires at two different locations. About 6,000 Central Maine Power customers in surrounding towns, including at MaineHealth Stephens Hospital, lost service for up to three hours Tuesday afternoon.
The town of West Paris has until Nov. 15 to notify Maine School Administrative District 17 if it intends to reacquire Agnes Gray Elementary School, at a cost of $10,350. A public hearing for residents' input will be held Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. at Town Office on Kingsbury Street. A special town meeting to vote whether to retain it as town property has been scheduled for Nov. 8 at Ring Mckeen American Legion Post 151 on Church Street.
Three months after the death of Otisfield's longtime Select Board representative Lenny Adler, voters selected his replacement, Brendan Bedell, during a special election. Adler had prophetically named Bedell as a worthy successor when the two faced off in last June's election. Adler won that election by five votes but passed away less than two weeks later.
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NSB Finalizes $190,000 Construction Loan for Pink Feather Foundation’s Forever Home Project
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NSB is proudly providing $190,000 in financing to the wonderful Pink Feather Foundation’s “forever home” currently being constructed on King Street in Oxford! The Pink Feather Foundation helps students in need in MSAD #17 and RSU #16 by offering the chance for local teachers to explore new and like-new items with students which are then delivered to the school’s main office for delivery. Learn more about the partnership and this organization’s incredible work on our website.
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THINGS TO DO
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This week's Viking Home Games: Games at Gouin Field will be Monday (field hockey vs. Lewiston), Tuesday (boys soccer vs. Camden Hills and Thursday (girls soccer vs. Skowhegan). Start time for all games is 4 p.m.
It's time to celebrate Halloween and a great place to start is at McLaughlin Garden and Farmstead in South Paris when it presents its annual Jack-O’-Lantern Spectacular Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This year's theme is on the prehistoric dinosaur age. Festivities each night will run from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday is your chance to partake in coffee and conversation, free from electronic devices/phones, before the Weary Club closes for the season. The clubhouse opens for members, neighbors and the curious the third Saturday of the month from 8 to 10:00 a.m. We've told you about the Weary Club many times over the years. Did you know it was founded back in 1923 by the Advertiser Democrat's then-publisher Fred Sanborn?
Every Tuesday the Oxford Recreation Department presents a Senior Social at the Station House Community Center on King Street from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Enjoy conversation, light refreshments, puzzles and games.
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THE WAY IT WAS IN OXFORD HILLS
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Established in Norway during the 1920s, the Weary Club launched to give gentlemen in town a place to meet and share pastimes, such as playing cribbage, smoking, chewing tobacco and conversation. To join one had to commit a one-time membership fee of $25 and
demonstrate the ability to “whittle a shaving light enough to float.”
It opened its current clubhouse 99 years ago, although it was moved 50 feet down Main Street around 1971 to make way for a Key Bank expansion.
Click here to read this 1926 story about the new clubhouse. Subscribers enjoy exclusive access to search and browse our digital archives on Newspapers.com.
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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
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