NORWAY — During the month of September, Norway Memorial Library joins libraries across the United States to celebrate the Freedom to Read in honor of Banned Books Week, September 22-28, 2019. Banned Books Week is annually designated by the American Library Association to recognize books that have been challenged or banned in the United States […]

  POLAND — Maine State Poland Excelsior Grange #5 recently hosted a Community Service night. Historical society members from Hebron, Minot, and Poland were invited to accept cast iron seals and charters representing granges which have closed in their respective towns. The Maine State Grange is moving into smaller headquarters in Augusta. In an effort to save […]

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 […]

NORWAY — Norway Center Church welcomes guest minister Pastor Ron Blake on Sunday, August 25th at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Blake was raised in Florida and retired to Maine in 2000. He was raised in the Lutheran Church because his mother was Norwegian and that was the national church of Norway. While serving in the Orlando Police Department, […]

NORWAY – The friends and members of the Second Congregational Church, U.C.C., Main St., Norway are almost ready for their 19th annual Tent-N-Treasures Yard Sale, which will be held, Saturday, August 24, at 7:30 a.m.  According to Deb Ladner, one of the Yard Sale coordinators, “We are often imitated, but never duplicated.  If you haven’t […]

NORTH BRIDGTON — Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 is the date of this year’s Bridgton Academy Annual Picnic to be held at Crystal Lake Park in Harrison. This annual event—now in its 36th year—was started by the late Celia Tarbox Ballard from the Class of 1930 and first took place in 1983. Alumni and friends of […]

LIVERMORE — On Saturday, August 24, from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, American Forest Management, a land management and forestry consulting firm, will be co-sponsoring a workshop called the Timber Harvest Tour & Forestry for Maine Birds Program, alongside Maine Audubon and the Maine Forest Service. The workshop, which is open to the public for […]

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a 40-hour basic mediation training beginning 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sept. 23 at the University of Maine, 1 York Complex, Orono. The training continues at the same location Sept. 24–25 and Oct. 2–3. The hands-on, interactive training will include demonstrations, discussions, exercises, videos and role-play practice with […]