Janet Willie is a nurse at the Midland School in Los Olivos, California and a massage therapist in Bethel. Founder of Bethel’s Shy, Novice & Closeted Art Show, she has two older brothers, a younger sister and a mom who just turned 87. Her dad is deceased. **** I was raised in Manitou Springs, Colorado at the foot […]
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New Nonfiction at Norway Memorial Library
NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library new book list for October: Nonfiction 302 Gladwell, Malcolm – Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know 303.6 Neiman, Susan – Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil 306.7 Taddeo, Lisa – Three Women 306.88 Moaveni, Azadeh – Guest House for […]
Library selling CD music
PARIS — The Paris Public Library is having a music CD sale on Saturday, November 30, from 8 am to 1 p.m. at the Deering Memorial Community Center. A library patron donated over 5,500 previously owned CDs, covering a wide range of music genres, to the library to use for a fundraiser. Before or after […]
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 […]
Church needs mittens for kids
NORWAY — The Second Congregational Church, UCC, 205 Main St., Norway, Maine is requesting help in expanding its Mitten Mission. For over 50 years, a small group of dedicated members and friends of the Second Congregational Church, UCC, 205 Main St., Norway, Maine knit mittens, hats and scarves for children in the Oxford Hills school […]
Autumn Centerpiece workshop
PARIS — McLaughlin Garden and Homestead is offering an Autumn Centerpiece workshop from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20. Bring your own waterproof container, and we’ll provide the greens and natural materials for a beautiful autumn themed tabletop arrangement. The cost is $7 per arrangement and includes natural materials and 1 bow […]
Resource Center expands free Therapy Wellness
NORWAY — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine (CRCofWM) is pleased to announce the expansion of their free complementary therapy program to anyone in Western Maine who has been impacted by Cancer whether they are still in treatment, on a break from treatment or out of treatment for any period of time. “This is a huge change […]
Christmas Centerpiece workshop slated
PARIS — The McLaughlin Garden and Homestead is offering a Christmas Centerpiece Workshop on Wednesday, December 18 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Bring your own waterproof, tabletop sized container and we’ll provide the greens and natural materials for a beautiful holiday themed tabletop arrangement. The cost is $7 per arrangement and includes all […]
Woodland owners to meet
COUNTY — The November meeting of the Western Chapter of Maine Woodland Owners (formerly SWOAM) will revisit the Everett Towle Memorial Forest in Buckfield on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. We will have an opportunity to meet and walk with the new MWO forester, Harold Burnett. Harold is a very experienced consulting […]
Western Maine Health taps its own as new president
NORWAY — Western Maine Health plans to elevate its chief operating officer to the role of president when its current leader retires at the end of the year. Andrea (Andy) Dodge Patstone, now the chief operating officer, will become president of WMH when Timothy A. Churchill retires at the end of the year. WMH […]