Norway Maine
Swingin’ Bears name officers, honor graduates
PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club graduated nine class members on May 9. Caller Ray Hilton will continue calling workshops of mainstream and plus each Wednesday through June 13 at the Oxford Hills Middle School on Pine Street. At the annual meeting of the club on May 10, officers were installed.
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Benefit yard sale PARIS — A yard sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, at the Thrifty Gift Shop parking lot, 659 Park St., three miles north from Market Square rotary on Route 26. There will be furniture, clothing of all sizes, toys, antiques, collectibles […]
Oxford Hills health gets attention of business community
NORWAY – Every weekday around noon, downtown Norway sidewalks become the exercise track for numerous groups of business people who lace up their sneakers and walk for health. “It is really true that if we just focused on being more active we could affect mortality rate, save of money and improve people’s quality of life, […]
Feds slow Opera House renovation
NORWAY — Town officials say they will not wait much longer to resolve an issue with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that could cost them $200,000 in federal tax credits for the Norway Opera House renovation project. “We can’t allow that,” Town Manager David Holt said. Instead, the town may look for a private investor […]
Douglas A. Remington
SCARBOROUGH — Douglas A. Remington passed away peacefully May 27, at Gosnell House in Scarborough surrounded by family after a long courageous battle with Esophageal Cancer. Doug was born March 5, 1954, in Irvington, N.J., to Joan and Leslie Remington. He was the eldest of three children. He graduated in 1972 from Governor Livingston Region […]
Odd Fellows Hall getting little interest
NORWAY – There has been limited interest in purchasing the Odd Fellows Hall, according to the Realtor trying to sell the 19th century brick building at 380 Main St. Michael Jacobsen of King Real Estate said only three or four people have shown interest in it. “They’re mostly local,” he said. “It’s just a shell […]
Norway arsonist to serve 15 years
PARIS — A man who admitted setting fire to a boarding house last year will serve 15 years for the crime. Todd Fickett, 19, was sentenced to 20 years with all but 15 suspended, plus four years of probation with counseling. He pleaded guilty to the arson on March 13. The boarding house, a 2 […]
Student art show explores bloom of youth, community
NORWAY — What does it mean to bloom? That’s the question students in Virginia Valdes’ graphic design and digital imaging classes attempt to answer through their visual arts interpretation of the blooming community of Norway and themselves as teenagers. A show of their work is on display at the Commons Art Collective on Main Street. […]