NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen agreed last week to hold off on voting on a new undesignated fund balance policy until its first meeting in April. Town Manager David Holt told the selectmen that “a long, long time ago, there was no policy for undesignated fund balance.” “What the town did was say, ‘We’re […]
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Question on Norway rural village development on warrant
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen has voted to place a question on whether to amend the town’s Site Plan Review Ordinance on the annual town meeting ballot in June. At the 2016 town meeting, voters approved a 180-day moratorium on industrial and commercial development in four rural villages: • Swift’s Corner — The area around […]
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Marijuana ordinance going to Norway voters in June
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen has voted 3-2 to place an ordinance on the June annual town meeting ballot that would prohibit retail marijuana establishments and social clubs Recreational use of marijuana became legal Jan. 30, though a moratorium signed by Gov. Paul LePage will delay certain provisions of the law until February 2018. […]
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Norway board appoints new code officer
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday evening to appoint Scott Tabb of Oxford as code enforcement officer. Tabb has been maintenance director at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Paris for the past 21 years. He succeeds Joelle Corey-Whitman who was recently hired as code officer for Oxford. “We had 10 applicants, and there […]
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Norway board to speak with AVCOG about marijuana law
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen will meet with the senior planner of the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Norway Town Office to discuss the state’s new marijuana law. During the board’s Feb. 2 meeting, Town Manager David Holt said John Maloney of AVCOG agreed to visit the board […]
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Norway town manager meeting with code enforcement officer applicants
NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt told selectmen Thursday evening that he has met with a couple of applicants for code enforcement officer. Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman recently announced she was hired for the same position in Oxford. “Joelle is still helping us to some degree while we look for a new (code enforcement […]
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Still no retail marijuana committee in Norway
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen recently received an update from Town Manager David Holt on the status of a committee to review how the town regulates marijuana establishments and social clubs. During a public hearing on Nov. 17, the Board of Selectmen voted 2-3 not to ask voters to approve a moratorium on retail […]
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Norway approves money for sewer project
NORWAY — Voters agreed Thursday evening to increase the amount of money authorized at a December 2015 town meeting from $100,000 to $111,849 for a sewer project that went overbudget. On Dec. 3, 2015, voters unanimously agreed to fund a $100,000 project to replace failing sewer pipes crossing Pennesseewassee Stream. Town Manager David Holt said […]
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Norway to vote on more money for sewer project
NORWAY — Voters at a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, will decide whether to increase the amount of money authorized at a December 2015 town meeting from $100,000 to $111,849. Voters at the meeting at the Municipal Building will be asked to appropriate money for a sewer project that went overbudget. […]
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Norway board votes to keep form of government
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen has voted to retain the current form of town government, after weeks of considering alternatives. Town Manager David Holt told selectmen in September that it could benefit them to look at other forms of government as a way of adjusting to the exodus of department heads over the next […]