NORWAY — The Folk Art & Craft Center at Fiber & Vine in downtown Norway is just getting off the ground and organizers hope to grow the center and offer more to the community. Diana Arcadipone of Otisfield said she uses traditional craft techniques combined with paint in her own art practice and has taught a […]
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Oxford County residents without smoke alarms can get them free of charge
COUNTY — The American Red Cross of Maine, in conjunction with local fire departments and volunteers, has set the bar high with a goal of installing 3,000 smoke detectors in homes across Oxford County in one day. The Red Cross partnered with Norway, West Paris, Rumford and Mexico fire departments to install the free smoke alarms […]
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Seeds from Otisfield’s Seeds of Peace camp insist walls won’t unify world, but cause more hate
By Leslie H. Dixon OTISFIELD — The gates of the international Seeds of Peace camp on the shores of Pleasant Lake must remain open this summer to ensure the continuation of its mission to bring unity to the world, say members of the Seeds of Peace organization. “The Administration [government] is saying we’ll be safer […]
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Oxford fire chief must now have EMS license
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD —Selectmen say the town’s new fire chief must be licensed in EMS in order to successfully oversee the municipal Fire/Rescue Department. “I feel strongly that someone leading an ambulance service should know something about it,” Selectman Scott Hunter told the Advertiser Democrat on Tuesday, Feb. 7. “When we didn’t [have […]
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Paris ‘angels’ growing, helping hundreds
PARIS — The Community Angels Cupboard and Pantry – a family run, grassroots food pantry dedicated to helping locals in need and their furry friends – was created from the most unlikely circumstances. Roughly two years ago, Barbara Haines of Paris, was in the throws of kidney failure. Doctors at Stephens Memorial Hospital told her daughter, […]
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Oxford Hills women join thousands descending on Washington D.C. on Saturday
By Leslie H. Dixon OTISFIELD — Lee Dassler has a seat on the bus. The Otisfield resident will joins hundreds of thousands of others who will descend on Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 21, the day after President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated as the nation’s 45th president, to send a “bold message” to the incoming […]
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Church donated to library to become community center in Paris
PARIS — The town of Paris will have a community center open for residents and organizations hopefully by spring, thanks to a donation from the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church to the Paris Public Library. The community center will be located at the former Deering Memorial United Methodist Church at 39 Main St., […]
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Longtime Lake Store employee in Norway retires on her birthday
DOUGHNUT MAKERS MATTER — There was “picketing” outside of the Lake Store on Christmas Eve when the end of an era happened at the business. Marilyn Clark, center holding her famous doughnuts, retired from the Norway business after 39 years on her birthday, Dec. 24. Friends and family members gather outside the establishment to “protest” Clark’s […]
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2016 — The year in review
January The new year saw the deaths of two, longtime notable Norway residents. Norway native, educator and longtime SAD 17 school board member Don Gouin, 85, died Jan. 13, at the Hospice House in Auburn. Gouin worked as as a coach and physical education teacher, assistant principal at Oxford Hills High School and served on […]
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Once in the family, back in the family: Bowling in Paris
PARIS — When Russ Nealey Jr. began looking for a career change, he had no idea that he would follow in his father’s footsteps and buy the bowling alley Russ Nealey Sr. once owned. Russ Jr. closed on the bowling alley – formerly Hobbs Lucky Lanes – at 108 Park St. in Paris on Nov. 18, which […]