By Matt Daigle NORWAY — For decades, Ed’s Barber Shop has been a fixture on Main Street, and at its center was Ed Damon. Damon, 81, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 15, and in the following days, many residents remembered him as a generous, hard-working and multi-talented man. He began barbering in the corner of a […]
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Christmas is coming to downtown Norway!
NORWAY — Norway’s downtown will be lit up and busy every Friday beginning Dec. 2 as Norway’s Downtown Holiday Nights extended shopping hours extravaganza begins. Every shop on Main Street will stay open until 7 p.m. for holiday shopping. Refreshments will be provided to busy shoppers, gift wrapping will be offered at the Weary Club by […]
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Voter turnout in Oxford Hills up from 2012, new registration high
REGION — A small sampling of voter turnout in the Oxford Hills showed more people voted in the Nov. 8, 2016, presidential election than in 2012 and at least two towns broke their previous voter records. In Norway, 2,693 people voted last week, which included 654 absentee ballots, according to Town Clerk Shirley Boyce. This is […]
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Paris American Legion invites Gallant as featured speaker for Veterans Day event
By Matt Daigle PARIS — The Foster-Carroll American Legion Post 72 will host and sponsor a Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, said Commander Sarah Glynn. Glynn, a retired United States Navy Commander who has been practicing law since 1999, said that “every few years,” the Norway, […]
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Cancer resource center in Norway hires first employee
NORWAY — It was a natural progression for Sherri Otterson to be hired as the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine’s first employee as she spends a lot of her free time volunteering at the center, helping clients and organizing programming. In September, the Norway nonprofit’s board voted to employ Otterson as center supervisor. She’s currently […]
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Buckfield selectmen at odds on health insurance coverage
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen could have violated state statute by denying insurance coverage to employees’ domestic partners. At the Tuesday, Nov. 1 selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager Cindy Dunn told selectmen an employee wanted to add his domestic partner to his insurance so the partner could get dental insurance, which would be 100 percent paid by the employee. […]
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Emotions run high over property plans in Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — After concerned neighbors showed up at the Buckfield selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, selectmen voted to invite the new property owner for a Christmas tree farm to meet with abutters to discuss their concerns. The property in question is located on Faunce Road and abuts former Selectmen Chair Cheryl Coffman and her […]
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The powerhouse behind downtown Norway and Norway Downtown
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — Easily recognizable, known far and wide, Norway’s Andrea Burns can be found in the warm months pulling weeds along Main Street, picking up litter and talking with merchants, selectboard members and potential investors all to one end: preserving Norway’s historic character and making it a destination. President of Norway Downtown since […]
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Miscommunication slows West Paris ballfield restoration to a crawl
By Matt Daigle WEST PARIS — For the last year, the West Paris Athletic Association have been working to breathe new life into Harold Perham Field, one of three ballfields located at the Mann Complex on Ballfield Road. Harold Perham Field was constructed in the mid-20th century and has been out of commission for several years. […]
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Oxford Hills School District to reapply for funding to construct new schools
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — SAD 17 officials will reapply for state funding to construct a new middle school and file a new application for funding to construct a new elementary school to replace Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris, Superintendent Rick Colpitts said. The state Department of Education announced last month that a […]