NORWAY — The ATV pulling event scheduled for this weekend at the Waterford World’s Fair has been cancelled.
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Cash mob brings $2,800 to Norway bookstore
NORWAY — The region’s first “cash mob” enticed about 135 people into the downtown and raked in $2,800 in revenue for Books N Things on Thursday. Attendees were asked to bring $20 to spend at a local business but weren’t told where they’d be asked to shop. At 6 p.m. Thursday, they learned the answer […]
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Norway, affected community officials discuss frozen grant funds
NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt told the Board of Selectmen Thursday night that towns affected by Gov. Paul LePage’s freeze on a $3.5 million Communities for Maine’s Future grant probably have no grounds to sue despite a contractual agreement to receive the funds. “Litigation at this stage doesn’t solve the problem,” Holt told selectmen […]
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Preservation plan for Gingerbread House to be presented Tuesday
NORWAY — Future restoration plans for the Gingerbread House will be unveiled at a meeting on Tuesday, July 24. Margaret Gaertner of the Portland firm of Barba and Wheelock Architects will reveal the 33-page plan for the rehabilitation of Norway’s 1850s landmark building known as the Gingerbread House at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Norway […]
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Bridgton SummerFest BRIDGTON — The Bridgton SummerFest 2012 will take place July 20-22 as a fundraiser for the Bridgton Community Center. Events will include: Friday, July 20: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Kavanaugh Amusements-Midway Rides and mechanical bull rides; Sunset, ReMax hot air balloon rides; All day: speed pitching Bridgton baseball, C.H.O.I.C.E.S. dunk tank, U.S. […]
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Oxford Hills arts group to host script reading
NORWAY — Actors, singers and the public are invited to a first-time public reading of “The Road to Eden’s Ridge, the Musical” on July 23. The reading by members of the Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association will take place at 7 p.m. at the Norway Memorial Library on Main Street. The co-author of […]
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Reading, auditions slated for ‘Road to Eden’s Ridge, the Musical’
NORWAY — Singers, dancers and the public are invited to a reading of “The Road to Eden’s Ridge, the Musical” on Monday, July 23, at the Norway Memorial Library. Author Sally Jones and composer Steve Jones are completing their three-year process of creating the musical based on the novel “The Road to Eden’s Ridge,” by M. L. […]
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Francis W. Twitchell Sr.
SOUTH PARIS — Francis W. Twitchell Sr., 74, of Norway passed away Friday, July 13, at Market Square Health Care Center. Non Hodgkins Lymphoma claimed the life of a fine man. He was born in Lewiston, April 23, 1938, son of Herbert Howard and Edna Bertha (Yates) Twitchell. He was a graduate of Barnstable High […]
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Summer breakfast July 18 WATERFORD — The second in a series of four summer breakfasts will be held from 7:30 to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 18, in the Wilkins Community House at the foot of Plummer Hill Road just off the Waterford Town Common. A tradition spanning 59 years, the breakfasts offer a menu […]
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Norway tour will showcase six private gardens
NORWAY — A tour of six local, private gardens, including an extensive garden over 40 years old considered one of the best in western Maine, will be offered Sunday, July 29. Called “The Colors of Sun and Shade,” the tour of both sunny and cool shade gardens will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each […]