NORWAY — The Stone-Smart American Legion Auxiliary met April 11 with president Thelma Denlinger presiding. A ham supper, prepared by Legionnaires, preceded the meeting. A yard sale will be held July 20-21 at Great Scott’s Storage, Route 26. Donations will be accepted. Proceeds will benefit veterans. The Children Welfare Foundation Blue Pig Program collected $66.48 […]
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Oxford Hills Food Collaborative to close after four years
NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Food Collaborative is closing. Kristin Benedix, executive director of the Progress Center, said Wednesday that the state of the economy, particularly in the Oxford Hills area, and the center’s programming needs were the deciding factors in closing down the four-year-old venture. The store is scheduled to close 4 p.m. Friday, […]
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Two killed when logging truck, car collide in Harrison
HARRISON — Two women were killed in a head-on crash in which a convertible was crushed and a loaded log truck landed on its side in a ditch on Route 117 Wednesday, police said. Linda S. Labonte, 63, of Harrison was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother, Carmen R. Smith, 85, of Harrison was […]
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Hospital plans heart workshop NORWAY — The MaineHealth Learning Resource Center at Stephens Memorial Hospital will hold “The Beat Goes On: Living Well with Heart Failure,” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Thursdays through May 24, at the Harper Conference Center at the Ripley Medical Office Building, 193 Main St. The program began April 26. […]
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Roberta Hunt Doughty
SOUTH PARIS — Roberta Hunt Doughty, 87, of Norway, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 26, at the Maine Veterans’ Home. She was born in Norway, April 9, 1925, to Lila Bryant Taker and Robert Clarence Hunt. She graduated from Norway High School and was the widow of Thaxter Edwin Doughty. A role model for […]
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Teen charged with baseball bat attack in Norway
NORWAY — A Windham teen was charged Saturday with breaking into a Norway home and assaulting a man and a teenager there with baseball bats. John Leo Taylor Golder, 18, of 15 Sylvan Ave. in Windham, was charged with burglary and two counts of aggravated assault, according to a police report. A juvenile who was […]
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R. Bean: The sound of freedom
Rarely does a top page headline rile me as the front page of the Sun Journal on April 27 did. To suggest that a retired U.S. Air Force colonel speaks for us all, or has the only correct opinion, could not be further from the truth. As a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot and captain, […]
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Norway to repair arts center without grant money
NORWAY — The town learned its application for $300,000 Community Development Block Grant to restore the historic Matolcsy Arts Center on Main Street was denied. The news was received last week by the Board of Selectmen. Proponents of the grant hoped to use the money to stabilize and restore the Laos Matolcsy Arts Center at […]