What is the AFCI “Our Towns” project? Funded by a Community Challenge Grant from AARP, picnic tables and benches have been constructed by the Congo Craftsmen and painted by BAAM artists. They will be gifted to all six of our member towns on June 14, Election Day, and we hope you’ll plan to join us […]
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Norway’s Grange, Auxiliary team up
NORWAY — The Women’s shelter had a need for supplying women with necessities. They often come with just the clothes they are wearing. The women at the Norway Grange decided to make tote bags and fill them with supplies. A member of the Norway American Legion Auxiliary also belongs to the Grange, and thought it […]
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Backyard Reflections/Trailing Arbutus
Probably by the time this column appears the delicate, fragrant trumpet-like flowers of the trailing arbutus will have gone to seed because this flower only blooms for a brief moment in time before the trees leaf out. This exquisite ephemeral takes me back to childhood when my little brother and I gathered a few sprigs […]
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Extension offers interactive plant sales map
ORONO — May and early June mark the planting season in Maine gardens, and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program is again hosting an interactive plant sales map. The 2022 Spring Plant Sale Fundraisers in Maine map listings are alphabetical by date. Find more information about the map and how to […]
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Education: Tech Ed
Not so long ago, American craftsmen and professionals (there’s no definitive difference) were taught by apprenticeship, on the job. Law and medical schools only developed in the 19th Century; engineering and some sciences in the Land Grant colleges after the Civil War. Big cities got technical high schools around the turn of the Century. In […]
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Community Food Matters public forum June 4
NORWAY — Norway’s local food council, Community Food Matters (CFM), is excited to announce its first public forum since the start of the pandemic. It will be held outdoors on Saturday, June 4 from 4-6 p.m. at Alan Day Community Garden at the end of Whitman Street in Norway. Everyone is welcome. Members of the […]
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‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ May 21
FRYEBURG — The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season continues at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 21 at 1 p.m. Soprano Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by in-demand Australian theater and […]
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But was there proof?
To the Editor: I’m writing in response to your recent article, “Norway elementary school gathering leads to COVID-19 outbreak,” published Thursday, May 12. I’m curious what research and investigating was done that led your report to, not only link but, flat out blame, our ‘Donuts’ family event to the Covid outbreak and school shutdown? From […]
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Bridge games signup for ‘The Longest Day’
OXFORD — On Friday, June 24, the Oxford Hills Bridge Club will offer two bridge games to raise money for Alzheimer’s for ‘The Longest Day’. As you know, Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia suffered by over a million seniors. We are sending our money to help caregivers and fund research for this insidious […]
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Maine-hardy plant sale slated
NORWAY — The 18th annual plant sale at First Universalist Church of Norway, slated for Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. will include a wide array of Maine-hardy indoor and outdoor plants. First Universalist Church of Norway is located at 479 Main Street, Norway. Plants will include an inviting variety of vegetable […]