Topic: home, land history BETHEL — A series titled “My House/My Land: What Is Its History” will be offered jointly by the Bethel Historical Society and the Mahoosuc Land Trust starting on Tuesday evening, Sept. 25, at 7:30. The three-part program will take place at the Dr. Moses Mason House, 14 Broad St., and examine […]
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Opera House renovation begins in Norway
NORWAY — Work began this week to rehabilitate five storefronts in the Opera House on Main Street. About 10 to 20 contractors were on site Wednesday to start restoring the commercial space to a usable condition by the beginning of the new year. The 1894 brick building, once the center of community activities, has been […]
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Cemetery group program, meeting HIRAM — The Maine Old Cemetery Association will hold its third 2012 program day and annual meeting on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Great Ossipee Museum, 20 Historical Ridge (off Schoolhouse Road, off Route 17). The public is invited. Lunch reservation deadline is Sept. 20. Featured speakers will be Jessica Felix, […]
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Christmas Parade route under discussion for Oxford Hills
PARIS — Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce officials are discussing whether to change the route of the annual Christmas Parade this year so it begins in Norway and ends in Paris. “We’re thinking about the possibility. It used to be done that way. It mixes things up,” said John Williams, executive director of the chamber. […]
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Historial Society calendars STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s pictorial 2013 calendars are now available. The cover features Stratton High School Class of 1963, 50 years ago, with Lucille Dube, Ellen Henderson, Gary Savage, Marcia Bachelder, Donna Viles, Jimmy Bigelow, Felix Nadeau, Ronny Fotter and Noman Bachelder. January is of the Stratton boys […]
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Norway animal shelter eyes new building, races to raise funds
NORWAY — Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills has a chance to move into a new building twice the size of its current one, but it’ll cost them. The animal shelter needs to raise $350,000 by Dec. 1 to pay for the building and necessary repairs to move in. The shelter Waterford Road has been […]
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N. Brown: Endowed with common sense
I am a Republican and support Mary Lou St. John to be my next state representative. She is a lifelong resident who has devoted her energy to improving the lives of people in our community. She is down-to-earth, a great listener and endowed with common sense. She has real-world experience, knows what people need and […]
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Oxford students bring in the harvest at Roberts Farm
NORWAY — Picking a vegetable “buddy” isn’t as easy as it sounds. At least that’s what six fifth-grade students from the Oxford Elementary School learned recently in their science curriculum at the Roberts Farm school gardens on Roberts Road. They were asked to use all their senses in making their selection, then draw it for […]
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Opera House work to begin this week
NORWAY — Work on the Norway Opera House is finally set to begin this week, according to Norway Opera House Corporation member Bruce Cook. During a Tuesday meeting, the group signed a letter of intent with H.E. Callahan Construction, the Auburn company that was awarded the contract in late August, Cook reported on Tuesday afternoon. […]
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Artist Awards winners at Norway festival
NORWAY — The Western Maine Art Group has announced the Norway Arts Festival Artist Awards winners. The Artist Awards were selected for the 45th annual Sidewalk Art Show, judged at the Lajos Matolcsy Arts Center by Michael Ranucci and Phil Hammet. More than 80 entrants submitted to participate in the Sidewalk Art Show. The winners […]