By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — The $15 million Hampton Inn is accepting reservations for a room on Monday, Dec. 19, and beyond, according to its website, but no one is answering the hotel’s telephone. The long-awaited opening date of the 93-room on Route 26, directly across the street from Oxford Casino, has only been […]
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Christmas is coming to Harrison!
HARRISON — With Christmas in Harrison entering into it’s 30th year, new president of the organization Sandy Swett promises the Friendly Village will be filled with holiday cheer – even more so than in years past. “Christmas in Harrison was always good but it’s going to be better,” she says, laughing. The 2016 edition is slated to […]
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Festival of Trees, parade set for Nov. 25-27 in Norway and Paris
By Matt Daigle OXFORD HILLS — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its annual Festival of Trees and Christmas Parade, set for Friday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 27. Jennifer Boenig of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce said that the Christmas Parade is nearing its 40th year, while the Festival […]
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Norway barber remembered as generous, funny, wonderful … a ‘landmark’ of Main Street
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 […]