By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — Selectmen have been told that the $15 million, 92-room, four-floor Hampton Inn on Route 26 is set to open on Saturday, Oct. 1, according to Town Manager Derik Goodine. Goodine said he and members of the Board of Selectmen met with GIRI I Oxford LLC, president Ashish Sangani, a Massachusetts […]
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Pleasant Street still under construction in Oxford
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — Pleasant Street will be under construction for several more months as contractors continue to move the area toward hooking into the new wastewater treatment facility in Welchville. “There’s lots to go,” said Project Foreman Brian Delano of St. Laurent & Sons Excavation of Lewiston. The company has an eight-month contract, […]
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Electric vehicle expo planned for Sept. 10 in Paris
PARIS — Organizers of the second annual Electric Vehicle Expo hope attendees will get charged up about the movement. Norway’s Center for Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE) will host the event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Paris Police Station at 35 Market Square, which will feature a ribbon-cutting, or commissioning, ceremony for […]
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Area chiefs join Oxford Hills Technical School to develop firefighter program
OXFORD HILLS — As it continues to become harder to recruit enough people to join the ranks of fire departments, local officials are looking at a long-term solution they say can benefit everyone – a junior firefighter program at the high school. Roughly a month ago, local fire officials – including Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates, […]
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Holt leaves lasting legacy in Harrison
HARRISON — Outgoing Recreation Director Paula Holt knows there is no “I” in team and spent as much time thanking everyone who has helped her accomplish so much in her 21 years as she did talking about the programs she implemented. Holt’s last day of work for the town of Harrison is Friday, Aug. 26. […]
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New Post Office sign embodies North Waterford
By Leslie H. Dixon NORTH WATERFORD — 04267. It’s a community’s identity. The North Waterford Post Office has a new sign to show the beauty and life in the 04267 zip code village. “I had fun doing it,” said local artist and box holder David Dupree, who created the new sign that has been hung at the […]
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All are invited to join McLaughlin Garden oral history project in Paris
PARIS — A few more details have begun to emerge about the somewhat mysterious Bernard McLaughlin as volunteers and staff at McLaughlin Garden begin to embark on their new oral history project, “People Past and Present at the McLaughlin Garden & Homestead.” On Aug. 4, Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the Maine Folklife Center, traveled to […]
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Foothills Food Fest in Norway promises something for everyone … especially mooers and crowers
NORWAY — Food and farming and culture, oh my! At least that’s what the organizers of the first-ever Foothills Food Festival hope attendees will exclaim when they visit the event this weekend. The festival is set from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in downtown Norway. Many of the events will take place in […]
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Homesteading workshops at Alan Day Community Garden in Norway this weekend
By Christopher Crosby NORWAY — Seed saving? Scything? Solar power? Community Roots has the answer. The local agricultural group is teaching farm and homesteading skills through free demonstrations from practitioners at the Alan Day Community Garden this weekend. Founder Christopher Easton said the workshops target people with a backyard who don’t quite know what to do […]
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Raining on cats and dogs at Responsible Pet Care in Paris
By A.M. Sheehan PARIS — “It frequently rains cats and dogs at Responsible Pet care Shelter,” states the RPC’s newest poster, “But we don’t want it to rain on them!” The shelter is facing a major repair needed to keep its tenants and new insulation dry – a new roof. Shirley Boyce, a driving force behind RPC’s […]