Stories about Norway

Art giveaway planned at Norway festival

NORWAY — Visitors to the 44th annual Norway Arts Festival in July have a chance to win a piece of original art work. The 6th annual Merchant Raffle Award will take place on July 9, with a rain date of July 10. Several visitors to the festival will go home with original artwork from m...

Sabattus man injured while drilling well

NORWAY — The owner of a Sabattus well drilling company was badly injured Tuesday afternoon at a job site on McKay Road. Ross Deschaine, 49, of Sabattus, owner of Sunco Pump and Well Drilling, was hospitalized at Maine Medical Center in Portland on Tuesday night. Information on his in...

School budget, town offices to be decided in Norway

NORWAY — Voters will decide on more than $35 million in budget requests for the Oxford Hills School District and elect two selectmen and several other town officials at Tuesday's annual town election. Voters approved the $34.6 million school budget at a budget hearing Thursday night,...

Hospital holding breastfeeding class

NORWAY – The Family Birthplace at Stephens Memorial Hospital announces an upcoming Breastfeeding Your Newborn Class for new and experienced mothers. The class will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, in the Harper Conference Center. Shannon Nassa, RN, ICBLC, will be lea...

False alarm

Norway and Paris firefighters checked Stephens Memorial Hospital on Lower Main Street in Norway after a faulty smoke detector triggered alarms Thursday afternoon. Some waited outside in the 90-plus degree heat. No one was evacuated.

Fairgrounds cleanup won't affect music festival

In addition to the Max Creek Band, the followuing bands have signed on to the festival as of June 9: Adam Ezra Alchemystics Barika Ensemble Depth Quartet Dirigo Dog Star Blue Domino Theory Dopapod Exter vs Kimock Flipper Dave

Fair Street reconstruction begins soon

NORWAY — A major reconstruction project on Route 26 is about to start. Town Manager David Holt said he expects the contract to be signed with McGee Construction within the next few days and the work to begin in late June and go through July. Fair Street, from Grove to Green st...

PHOTO: Make way for ducklings

A mother mallard and her six ducklings swim up Pennesseewassee Stream toward the dam in Norway. The water level in the stream has been temporarily lowered this week to accommodate levels in Pennesseewassee Lake.

Gingerbread House inches closer to final resting place

Steve Merry, left, with his brother Jason, uses a welding torch to cut a steel beam that was in the way of a utility guy wire as the Gingerbread House inched forward to its final resting place Tuesday. The tires on the flatbed were turned to help get the back section of the house in the right pla... 1

PHOTO: Rec staff unveiled

Harrison Recreation Department Director Paula Holt recently released the names of the staff for the summer day camp. They are, front row from left, Courtney Tift, swim aide; Angel Paglierani, swim aide; Dimitri DiBiase, junior counselor; and Paula Holt, behind them in the middle. In the second fu...