NORWAY — Unofficial results show Oxford County Commissioner Steven Merrill won re-election over challenger Charleen Chase in Tuesday’s election. Merrill was shown with 5,087 votes to Chase’s 4,723, according to numbers collected by the Bangor Daily News, but the figures didn’t include results from Hanover, where 162 voted Tuesday. Although the Hanover votes weren’t enough […]
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Norway board considers energy-saving measures
NORWAY — Ice that forms each winter behind the entryway to the municipal building could be fixed with insulation, according to an energy audit of the building. The Board of Selectmen was told by Peter Tousley, president of TCorp., Energy Use Management in Norway and Colchester, Vt., that lack of insulation under the roof line […]
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Dilworth wins Register of Probate vote in Oxford County
NORWAY — Jennifer Dilworth has won the race for Oxford County Register of Probate in a 13,294 to 11,460 tally against her opponent, Carol Gutenkunst, with 92 percent of the towns reporting by Wednesday morning. A total of 26,740 of 41,137 registered voters in Oxford County turned out to cast their ballots in the general […]
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Wednesday story times NORWAY — On Wednesdays in November, the Norway Memorial Library Children’s Room is hosting special story times at 10:30 a.m. Children ages 3 to 5 years old, along with their caregivers, are invited to hear a story and make a craft related to hibernation. Free and open to the public. For more […]
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Dilworth ahead in probate race
NORWAY — Republican Jennifer Dilworth appeared to have the early lead in the two-way race for Oxford County Register of Probate during Tuesday’s general election. Early results showed a slight lead by Dilworth of Norway over her opponent Carol Gutekunst, a former deputy register of probate with a 4,321 to 3,616 vote. But neither candidate […]
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Craft fair at Legion hall PARIS — A craft fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the American Legion hall, Church Street. To rent a table, call 743-7231. Church announces holiday fair PARIS — A holiday fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. […]
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Opera House clock powered by sunlight
NORWAY — The Norway Opera House clock is now running on solar power. Jim Bryant of Wayne, known locally as the clock man, said the hands of the clock are turning thanks to a 12-volt, DC solar panel installed on the south side of the bell tower this past summer. “That’s working very, very well,” […]