NORWAY — Last year at Norway Memorial Library, patrons enjoyed a twist on Blind Date with a Book with “You Had Me at Hello.” They selected a book based only on the first line written on the front of the wrapped book display, read at least 50 pages, and then participated in kiss and tell […]

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 […]

AUGUSTA – The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) today announced a call for nominations for two new grower seats on the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine. A 2019 statutory change to the Commission’s makeup added the positions. With the addition, the Commission will now consist of five grower seats and five processor seats. […]

Norway Memorial Library NORWAY – The following is the New Materials List for December 2019 Fiction: Aciman, Andre, Find Me; Baldacci, David, A Minute to Midnight; Beaton, M.C., Beating About the Bush; Berg, Elizabeth, The Confession Club; Christopher, Andie, Not the Girl You Marry; Clark, Mary Higgins, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry; Colvin, […]

FALMOUTH — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host Maine Garden Day on March 14, 8:15 a.m.–4 p.m., at Lewiston High School, 156 East Ave., Lewiston.  Back after a five-year hiatus, this day-long conference includes 30 hands-on, informational workshops in both half- and quarter-day sessions. Topics range from grafting fruit trees to growing hemp in […]

STATE — Interested in speaking up for a Maine foster child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program is holding its spring training for volunteer advocates on March 17-20, 2020 in the Augusta area. The four-day training is free. Attendees learn about all aspects of child advocacy work in order to be certified as […]

PARIS — The Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club will hold a beginner Beekeeping School starting Saturday February 29, 2020 in cooperation with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County. Classes will be held at the Oxford Cooperative Extension office, 9 Olson Road, South Paris. Seven weekly classes are scheduled on Saturdays 9 a.m. – […]

NORWAY — Local law enforcement is well known in the area so Norway residents may recognize familiar faces patrolling the town in the evenings. Veteran officers Alan Coffin and Holli Pullen have joined the Norway Police Department. Coffin, 50, of Oxford entered law enforcement in 1997, working for the Oxford Police Department part-time. In 1999, […]