NORWAY — The Advertiser Democrat and the Sun Journal will host a community meet-and-greet with editors, reporters and advertising representatives of Sun Media Group from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at Cafe Nomad, 450 Main St. The Sun Media Group encourages readers and advertisers to attend to share their thoughts, concerns and suggestions […]
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Books N Things owner celebrates last day on the job
Store owner Erica Jed, left, talks to Nancy Perham of West Paris on Monday at Books N Things on Main Street in Norway. Jed held a daylong celebration of the sale of the shop she has owned the past 12 years. The store closed Monday evening and will undergo renovations before reopening March 3 under […]
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Bethel selectmen meeting on sewage problem
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen will hold a special meeting Wednesday to deal with a sewer line draining from the Bethel Post Office into the sewer system and eventually into a brook. The special meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Town Office meeting room. Town Manager Christine Landes said Monday the mistaken hookup […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week's agenda
Monday Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Municipal Center, followed by a workshop Thursday Canton: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Dixfield: Planning Board workshop, 4 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Farmington: Broadband Initiative Study Report presentation, 6 p.m., Bass Room, Franklin Memorial Hospital New […]
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Oxford developer plans smaller business village on Route 26
OXFORD — A plan to develop about 10 acres on Route 26, across the street from the Oxford Casino, into a multi-tenant building with a mix of retail and service business venues has emerged. Site work could begin as early as next month. Joe Casalinova of Building Solutions LLC told the Advertiser Democrat that a 2014 […]
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Healthy learning at Roberts Farm Preserve in Norway
NORWAY – The sounds Sunday were all too familiar: Skis scraping against icy trails while some skiers uttered “oof” as they fell to the snow. And it all was accompanied by laughter and words of encouragement at Robert’s Farm Preserve in Norway, where young skiers were honing their skills during the Bill Koch League event, organized […]
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Greenwood board to hear about wind power project
GREENWOOD — Representatives of the Calpine Wind Corp. are scheduled to make a presentation to selectmen Tuesday, Feb. 6. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Town Office or the adjacent Legion Hall, depending on attendance. Calpine is studying the viability of a wind power project in the area of Long, Tibbetts and Elwell […]
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Oxford Casino revenue increases for town, county
OXFORD — The town received $1.7 million from the table games and slot operations at Oxford Casino in 2017, according the Maine Gambling Control Board. The amount is $115,852 more than in 2016. According to the Gambling Control Board, the town’s 2 percent of the net slot operations was $1.37 million and from table games, […]
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Norway bookstore sold to Oxford Hills resident
NORWAY — After 12 years of owning and operating Books N Things on Main Street, Erica Jed is handing the reins over to Adrienne Cote of Paris. The store will close Saturday and Cote will take over Feb. 1, Jed said. The public is invited to a celebration from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday at […]
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Norway students name Norway police dog
NORWAY — The newest member of the Norway Police Department has a name: Bolo. The department handed over the responsibility of naming its black Labrador retriever to students at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway. They had three choices: Bolo, Maverick and Magnum. Bolo got 104 votes; Magnum, 88; and Maverick, 76. BOLO is […]