NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt said work to reopen the first-floor storefronts at the Opera House is moving slower than hoped, but the project is still expected to go out to bid in the spring. “It seemed at one time an impossible project,” Holt told the Board of Selectmen at its recent meeting. Al […]
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Paris school might burn wood waste in future
NORWAY — Oxford Hills School District officials may save money by burning waste wood in the high school furnace in the future, district facilities director David Marshall said. “We’re guaranteeing for five years (that we’ll) burn a specific type of (wood) chip,” he said of the furnace contract specifications. Once Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School […]
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Relay for Life teams rally in Norway
NORWAY — Eleven teams are signed up so for the 2012 Relay For Life of Oxford Hills, it was announced after a kick-off meeting Tuesday night at the town office. Heather Bossie, one of the organizers, said the turnout was “great” and she and other organizers hope many more teams will register for the May […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Guner Vicelich, 23, of Rockland, Jan. 10, domestic violence terrorizing, domestic violence stalking and violation of protective order, $1,500 cash bail, Dixfield Police Department. * Robert D. Lemieux, 57, of Rumford, Jan. 11, aggravated drug trafficking, $50,000 cash bail, Maine Drug Enforcement […]
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Landlord, tenant dispute flares in once-again heatless apartment in Norway
NORWAY — A confrontation between a Section 8 tenant and her landlord got physical on Friday, when the 63-year-old tenant claimed that the landlord hit her with her own front door as he tried to force his way into her apartment. Darlene Paine, who lives on 4 Hazen St., was featured in a recent article […]
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Norway student penning third book
NORWAY — A young published author is writing her third book — this time with the help of her Oxford Hills Middle School classmates. Marrae Kimball of Norway, a seventh-grade student at the Oxford Hills Middle School, is writing a book about the transition from elementary to middle school that deals with the logistics of […]
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BETHEL — The Bethel Library has recently added the following books to its collection. Adult fiction: “Port City Black and White: A Brandon Blake Mystery” by Gerry Boyle, “Scones & Bones (A Tea Shop Mystery),” by Laura Childs, “Locked On” by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney, “Clockwork Prince” by Cassandra Clare, “The Gates” by John […]
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Volunteers band together to raise warming hut
NORWAY — More than 45 volunteers raised, braced and pegged the timber frame of a 32- by 16-foot warming hut in a little more than three hours at Roberts Farm Preserve on Saturday. Once completed, the three-bay hut with room for equipment storage will have two bays unheated for equipment such as track setters, groomer […]
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MaineHouse drops housing inspection agent
NORWAY – MaineHousing has severed its agreement with an independent contractor who inspected Section 8 housing in Oxford and Androscoggin counties. The decision was announced by MaineHousing Director Dale McCormick following the release of a 17-page internal audit that showed serious flaws in the inspection process that led to the discovery of substandard Section 8 […]