NORWAY — While the old adage tells people the importance of eating your fruits and vegetables, there isn’t one yet that says it’s not good to dump used vegetable cooking oil into the waste stream. Norway-Paris Solid Waste and its board wanted to remedy this problem. This is why they teamed up with the Portland-based […]
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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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Ari’s Pizza in Norway staying open
NORWAY — When Ari’s Pizza and Subs abruptly closed its doors after 29 years in business on Friday, July 15, many in the greater Norway community were shocked and saddened to hear the news. After a tremendous outpouring of support from the community, owner Chris Farrar and his wife, Josee, decided to reopen the Main […]
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Local foods festival coming to Norway
NORWAY — There is a food revolution occurring in the Oxford Hills and that is exactly what will be showcased during the first-ever Foothills Food Festival next month. Planning for the event is well underway, organized by Community Food Matters – the local Community Food Council – and is a project of Norway’s Center for an Ecology-Based Economy. […]
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Summer meals for hungry kids offered in Oxford Hills
OXFORD HILLS — The Summer Meals program kicked off this week, but Maisey Griffin, who is spearheading the program, said more monetary and food donations are needed to help run the grassroots program throughout the warmer months. Griffin of AmeriCorps VISTA and Healthy Oxford Hills gave some background on the program after finishing her rounds to the meal […]
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Healthy Oxford Hills faces uncertain future
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — Do you like learning how to cook healthy meals from fresh produce at the farmers’ market? How to eat healthy on a budget? Help with substance abuse prevention? Help quitting smoking? Being part of a wellness collaborative? Raising the county from least healthy in Maine? Learning how to prevent lead poisoning? […]
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Garden growing, full of youthful spirit: Norway’s Alan Day Community Garden
NORWAY — As the warm June sun shines down over Norway’s Alan Day Community Garden, the eight youth leaders take shelter under the new pavilion to tackle the first task of the day. “It’s time, Day 1, to clean everything,” Jayme Pearson, youth leadership program coordinator, announces to her group of local high schoolers. A stack […]
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Paris approves permit to tear down, rebuild McDonald’s
By Matthew Daigle PARIS — The Planning Board voted Tuesday, May 24, to approve a permit application to demolish the existing McDonald’s restaurant on 118 Main Street and construct a new McDonald’s restaurant in the adjacent lot. Code Enforcement Officer Fred Collins Jr. said that the Planning Board reviewed the permit application at their May 24 […]
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Oxford Hills middle schoolers take active role in community
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — A group of Oxford Hills Middle School students are on a quest to support the community-at-large and their own school. Thirty-four students from Michele Wood’s and Erica Rogers’ classes at the South Campus have been planning a huge community yard sale and vendor event plus a community dinner to raise […]