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OXFORD Helping others has been a big focus for Oxford’s Molly Littlefield throughout her four years at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, logging more than 115 service hours, especially impressive since her work was cut short by the pandemic more than a year ago.
OHCHS student Molly Littlefield of Oxford started volunteering at the Pink Feather Foundation her freshman year.
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Littlefield started at the Pink Feather Foundation, the nonprofit that provides clothing and accessories to youth in need throughout Oxford Hills, as a freshman. She logged in about 60 hours over about two years.
“I would go to the store, iron and fold clothes, the whole nine yards,” she said. “What really appealed to me about Pink Feather is the good feeling, of giving back to the community, and especially to people I might know because it’s for the Oxford Hills community. It’s something I loved. I remember once, seeing someone with the pink feather box. I saw t
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OTISFIELD Necessity is the mother of innovation, as the saying goes. It has happened over and over since the coronavirus took hold, with restaurants finding new ways to accommodate diners, traditions and gatherings going “remote” and millions of people working from home – saving money on their car insurance and noticeably improving the climate worldwide.
Miranda Hinckley (left) started a community-wide “Adopt a Senior” movement to recognize Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School graduates like her daughter Courtney.
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Over the winter Miranda Hinckley, mother of an Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School senior, decided to bring a little innovation to her daughter’s entire graduating class by launching the Facebook page, OHCHS Adopt a Senior 2021.
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HEBRON Making – and learning – music helped Josh Lajoie of Hebron rescue his junior and senior years of high school. Perhaps no group of students has lost as much during the pandemic as those who find joy in singing. The airborne virus made it impossible for any in person, collaborative singing to take place.
Josh Lajoie of Hebron, competed in Maine’s All States chamber choir his sophomore year.
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For Lajoie, singing has always provided him with a creative outlet, but as an introvert he uses it to socialize as well.
“It’s an easy way to get out there,” he said. “To connect with like-minded people.”
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