On Tuesday, February 18 at 6:30 p.m., Paris Public Library’s Multi-Age Novel Idea Book Club will discuss the junior fiction book, Each Little Bird that Sings by award-winning author, Deborah Wiles. Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger from Mississippi is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even […]
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The Table’s February schedule
The Table at the Norway Grange continues to offer Free Friday Night activities from 6-8 p.m. These activities are chemical free family/community focused. Each week the team offers a wide variety of family friendly activities. Free pizza and popcorn along with drinks are available each week. On February 7 from 6-8 p.m. the Table Free […]
This N That
TOPS NORWAY — TOPS meets Tuesdays in the Association Hall at Town & Country Mobile Home Village, 99 Town & Country Drive, Norway. Weigh-in is from 4-4:45 p.m. and the meeting is from 5-6 p.m. Yearly membership is $32 and monthly dues are $5 which includes a bimonthly magazine subscription to TOPS News. TOPS is […]
Safe Sitter course opens
NORWAY — The Family Birthplace at Stephens Memorial Hospital is excited to offer Safe Sitter® geared for children ages 11-13 years old. This class will be held on Monday, February 17, from 9 am to 3:30 pm in the Harper Conference Center of the Ripley Medical Office Building (193 Main Street, Norway). Safe Sitter® is […]
Norway Snowshoe Festival kicks off week of Winter Carnival
A cabbage toss, dance, race, exhibitions and chocolate featured.
Veterans No Boundaries partners with several area Legion Posts
STATE — Another successful collaboration between Maine Adaptive’s Veterans No Boundaries, and Posts 20, 36, 68 and 81, demonstrating veterans helping veterans, was held on Saturday, January 25, at Jackson-Silver Post 68 Locke Mills. Bethel’s Veterans No Boundaries brings scores of veterans who are experiencing personal challenges, along with spouses and their children, from all […]
Creative Exchange selected as Hannaford beneficiary
NORWAY — Cottage St. Creative Exchange has been selected as a beneficiary of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program for the month of February. The Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program, which launched in April 2014, is a reusable bag program that facilitates community support with the goal to make a difference in the communities where […]
Otisfield Winter Carnival this weekend
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Volunteer Firefighter Association and members of our community would like to invite you to join us for a Frozen Winter Wonderland Carnival. All events are free, with donations greatly appreciated. This event is for the whole community, adults and children. Below is a brief outline of the activities we are planning. […]
Type 2 Diabetes program slated
NORWAY — The MaineHealth Learning Resource Center and Stephens Memorial Hospital are partnering to offer “Diabetes Prevention Program”. The Diabetes Prevention Program helps people lower their chance of developing type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems, like heart disease or stroke. If you have pre-diabetes or are at risk and want to make a […]
Pork 101 with Coop Ext
PARIS — University of Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County will hold a workshop on raising swine on Feb. 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the UMaine Extension office, 9 Olson Road, South Paris. “Pork 101” topics include breed selection, nutrition, housing, health care and more. Extension livestock specialist Colt Knight will lead the […]