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Gingerbread House move expected today

NORWAY — Movers of the historic Gingerbread House are expected to try to make the 950-foot trek up Main Street again Friday morning, following their decision late Thursday afternoon to suspend work for the day. "You either do it right or it's best not to do it," said James Merry of J...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Friday, June 3, 2011

Norway to seek grant for Opera House repairs

NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt told the Board of Selectmen on Thursday night that the town will apply for more than $400,000 in grant money to help restore the Opera House storefronts.  The Norway Opera House Corp. will raise the necessary $400,000 match requirement, he said.

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Friday, June 3, 2011

Gingerbread House move delayed until Friday

NORWAY, Maine — The move of the historic Gingerbread House has been delayed until Friday morning. Although crews had hydraulically lifted the wheels under the Gingerbread House around 11 a.m., James Merry of James Merry Building Movers in Scarborough, made the decision shorty after 3...

Staff Report • Oxford Hills • Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 10:04 am

Alan Day Community Garden announces free workshops

NORWAY — The Alan Day Community Garden is hosting two upcoming gardening related workshops. The upcoming workshops will cover how permaculture concepts can be applied to designing and growing organic gardens, and ways in which kitchen and yard waste can be turned into valuable soil conditio...

• Connections • Thursday, June 2, 2011

PHOTO: Facelift

Work continues on Ari's Pizza to repair fire damage on the upper part of the building from last month's rooming house blaze on Main Street in Norway. The site has been cleared and purchased by the owner of the pizza business. Chris Farrar, owner of Ari's, said he will use the now vacant lot for a...

• Oxford Hills • Thursday, June 2, 2011

Art and music in a First Friday event at Frost Hill

NORWAY -- Frost Farm Gallery will hold a “First Friday” reception, meet-and- greet the artist from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 4 at the gallery located in the historic David W. Frost farm, 272 Pikes Hill in Norway. The exhibit, entitled "Journey's End," will feature artwork by Lenora Le...

• Encore • Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Gingerbread House expected to be moved Thursday

NORWAY – Motorists will be detoured down Water Street on Thursday morning if the projected move of the Gingerbread House up Main Street occurs. The move date is still only tentative and will be dependent on the weather conditions at the time, but Pat Shearman of the Gingerbread Hous...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Work Healthy! celebration June 2

The public is invited to attend the 2011 Work Healthy! employer recognition celebration from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Harper Conference Room in Norway. Twenty-three area businesses will receive one of six recognition awards. Last year, three organizations earned a Gold Award,...

• Connections • Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Tree-trimming funds requested for town cemeteries

NORWAY — Town meeting voters will be asked to appropriate $10,000 to repair town cemeteries and another $10,000 to remove dangerous trees in those cemeteries, parks and along roadsides. Holt said there are 15 to 20 trees in some of the cemeteries that need addressing. “If you ... 1

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Tuesday, May 31, 2011

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