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Car hits Norway’s Gingerbread House

NORWAY — The 1851 Gingerbread House was struck Tuesday afternoon by a car that rolled backward across Main Street, blowing a hole in the cinder-block wall  under the four-story turret. No one was injured, police officer Kyle Hladik said. Hladik said Brandon Villafane, 30, of Hebron parked a Subaru station wagon at Norm’s Trash to […]

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Summer projects continue on the Gingerbread House

NORWAY — The shingle siding on the Gingerbread House is being removed from the historic building to reveal the original clapboards for the first time in decades. The Friends of the Gingerbread House say the work is part of projects this summer to restore the former Evans-Cummings House on Main Street. Many of these projects are […]

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Preparations under way for new Norway footbridge

NORWAY — Preparations are underway for the placement of a footbridge across Pennesseewassee Stream behind the Gingerbread House on Main Street. The footbridge will span the stream from Water Street to Main Street. It improves access from the municipal parking lot on Water Street to the Gingerbread House, Lajos Matolcsy Art Gallery and other sites […]