NORWAY — The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments is preparing a survey and map of the proposed site for the historic Gingerbread House in hopes of winning the owner’s approval to turn the building over to the Norway Historical Society. Last year, C’s Inc., a holding company for the Sun Media newspaper group which publishes […]
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Lions Club to raffle off ’69 VW Bug
NORWAY — Forget the Mustang or Impala. Imagine driving around town in a bright red 1969 Volkswagen Beetle. That’s what the Norway-Paris Lions Club is raffling off this year to raise money for the organization’s charitable causes, such as eyeglasses for the visually impaired. “They were awesome automobiles. They were a fun car,” said Terry […]
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Norway driver hurt in Turner crash
TURNER — A Norway man was hospitalized Wednesday after flipping a rented boom truck through a utility pole and into the woods along Upper Street. Police said Jeremy Minnerly, 21, suffered broken bones and other injuries when he lost control of the truck on a sharp curve at about 10 a.m. He was taken to Central […]
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Cops probe truck fire in Norway
NORWAY – Police are investigating a Sunday afternoon truck fire on Wyle Road.No one was hurt in the blaze, and no owner was around when firefighters arrived.The blaze, which remains under investigation, started around 2 p.m. According to police. Officers are trying to determine the owner of the abandoned truck because there were no plates […]
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Norway man charged in assault on girlfriend
NORWAY — A local man has been arrested on felony charges after police said he hit and strangled his girlfriend. Wayne Scott Brown, 59, of Hayes Road was arrested on Nov. 25 and charged with aggravated assault, domestic violence assault, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and obstructing the reporting of a crime. […]
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Norway board backs school resource officer plan
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted Thursday to support funding a school resource officer at the Guy E. Rowe Elementary School on Main Street. The Police Department received a $125,000 grant from the Office of Community Oriented Police Services, or COPS, a component within the U.S. Department of Justice dedicated to community policing. Under […]
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Dawn Cummings Solomon still owes $3.9M to taxpayers
NORWAY — A former Harrison resident and Norway business owner who was imprisoned for defrauding MaineCare of $4 million in 2010 has paid back less than $6,000 in the past three years and is living in a waterfront apartment in Florida. Dawn Cummings Solomon, 47, whose current address is Cocoa, Fla., was released from the Maine […]
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Norway house gutted by fire; owner escapes with dog
NORWAY — A man and his dog escaped through a window of his burning home on Emerson Road on Friday afternoon, Assistant Fire Chief Tim Yates said Friday. Gordon Barker suffered a small cut on his arm as he crawled through the window of his one-story ranch home near the intersection of Pleasant Street, Yates […]