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Norway voters OK buying equipment, fixing roads

NORWAY — Annual town meeting voters approved a $2.7 million operating budget and $427,500 in capital projects, including the purchase of a new firetruck, Highway Department grader and funds for continued road projects Monday night. About 80 voters approved the 44-article warrant in ...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Norway man charged with attempted sexual assault

NORWAY — A Norway man was released on personal recognizance Monday after he was charged with attempting to sexually assault a woman. Harry E. Kimball Jr., 52, of Waterford Road, was charged with attempted gross sexual assault. He also faces an assault charge in the incident. A...

• Oxford Hills • Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Forestry students help land trust

Forestry teachers Al Schaeffer and Brian Bean recently partnered with the Western Foothills Land Trust to do some site clearing at the trust’s Roberts Farm Preserve site in Norway. The 165-acre preserve is close to the school and provides ongoing forestry management projects for the Oxford...

• Oxford Hills • Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Former school employee now volunteers

NORWAY — If Ethel Lacourse isn't playing the piano at a nursing home, calling bingo at the local veterans home or standing behind the cash register at the Stephens Memorial Hospital coffee shop, she is probably at one of her 17 other volunteer jobs. Or she's at the gym on the treadmill or ...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Monday, June 20, 2011

Sports literature discussion at Norway Library

NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library announces "Let’s Talk About It: The American Sporting Experience," beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, with a discussion of "A River Runs Through It" by Norman MacLean and "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" by Alan Sillitoe. The re...

Connections • Monday, June 20, 2011

Stephens Memorial hosting Safe Sitter class

NORWAY — Stephens Memorial Hospital will offer a Safe Sitter class from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, and from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, in the Harper Conference Center. The Family Birthplace nurse Shannon Nassa will teach the course. The program is a medically ac...

Connections • Monday, June 20, 2011

Norway voters to decide on new equipment

NORWAY — Town meeting voters will be asked Monday to approve a $2.7 million budget, buy a new Fire Department pumper and a Highway Department grader. Town meeting gets under way at 7 p.m. in the Forum at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris to act on the 44-article warrant...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Saturday, June 18, 2011

Hearingset on Norway property cleanup

NORWAY – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to hold a public hearing as the next step in an effort to clean up a burned-out property on Pikes Hill Road. Town Manager David Holt said it will cost about $8,500 to clean up the property. It is owned by Christo...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Friday, June 17, 2011

Register now for quilt, fiber art show

NORWAY — On Saturday, July 9, in conjunction with the Norway Sidewalk Art Festival, the Second Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 205 Main St., will hold its annual quilt show. New this year there will be displays and sales of fiber art. Those interested in displaying a ...

Connections • Thursday, June 16, 2011

Boxberry School to host summer arts program

OXFORD — The Boxberry School will launch a summer art series this summer starting in July for children 7 to 13 years old. The program, set up like a day camp, will focus on art and art education. Three sessions will be offered, and will have concurrent classes with emphasis on art, music,...

Connections • Thursday, June 16, 2011

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