NORWAY — Despite the partial shutdown of businesses and many community activities, Norway’s Gingerbread House is moving along in its next steps in rehabilitation. After a spring fundraising appeal that did better than expected during the Covid crisis, plans are progressing to add an entrance porch to the west side of the turret. The new porch […]

OTISFIELD — We hear about people in need, high unemployment, reduced work hours, and people going hungry.  East Otisfield Free Baptist Church (EOFBC) wants to help, striving to be the “hands and feet of Christ” in the community. Our Food Pantry is open to all Otisfield residents, without any income restrictions.  We recognize that people are […]

NORWAY — The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War met at the home of Carlene Gavin on the shores of Norway Lake for the September meeting. There were four members there in person and four through the Zoom program. First nominations were held for officers of the new year. The treasurer and assistant […]

PARIS — On Sunday, October 25, Deering Memorial Community Center’s Escape Room Team is offering a new challenge for puzzle lovers, the Amazing Oxford Hills Race. In this fundraiser for DMCC, teams will race around the Oxford Hills, solving riddles and clues to discover locations where they will gather proof of their visits. The first […]

  PARIS — Jerald Wade was born in Rumford, the youngest of five siblings but sadly, never had the opportunity to meet his father, who passed away when his mother was pregnant with Jerry. He was raised by a loving stepfather though, who Jerry says was a wonderful man and who treated him like his […]

OXFORD — For 40 years, The Progress Center has provided supportive services to adults, children and their families living with disabilities. Today, we serve more than 450 adults and children through a wide variety of residential, community support, and case management services that are carefully individualized to help intellectually and/or developmentally disabled individuals maintain and […]

  BRIDGTON — Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club President Julie Forbes contracted polio at age 2.  Although she dreamed of being a cheerleader as a youngster, academics would become her strength.  Lengthy hospitalizations were normal in her early years. But she was one of the lucky ones having found relief from and then studied homeopathy and other […]

NORWAY — October is dedicated as the Month of the Holy Rosary (memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is held each year on October 7), instituted to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the protection that she gives the Church in answer to the praying of the Rosary by the faithful. In commemoration, […]