NORWAY — The first show of the Oxford Hil’ls Music and Performing Arts Association’s 2012 season, Neil Simon’s “Jakes Women,” will open Thursday, May 3. Jake, played by Tim Lorrain, is a writer who struggles to engage fully in his real life with his real wife, rather than remain safely holed up at his desk […]
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Norway budget requests under way
NORWAY– Reviews of departmental budgets for the upcoming fiscal year are under way by the Budget Committee and selectmen. The committee is meeting each week to review every department budget, but a final recommendation isn’t expected on each until April 30, according to Town Manager David Holt. Earlier this month, Holt proposed a $2,705,305 budget […]
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Norway paper finalist for Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
NORWAY — The Advertiser Democrat was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in the local reporting category. A.M. Sheehan, editor of the Advertiser Democrat, and former reporter Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, who now reports from the Sun Media’s Forecaster in Falmouth, were cited for their “tenacious exposure of disgraceful conditions in federally-supported housing in a small […]
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Musicians will mark Earth Day in Norway
NORWAY — Downtown Norway will be the site for a collaborative Earth Day celebration on Sunday, April 22. The day will begin with a work party at the Alan Day Community Garden, 26 Whitman St., from 10 a.m. until noon. An afternoon of live music, dance and puppetry will kick off at noon in the parking […]
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Smart meters up and running in Norway
NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt has received word that the installation of smart meters — they transmit information on electricity use in homes and businesses to and from Central Maine Power Co. — has been completed in town. The installation began last summer but not before the state Public Utilities Commission mandated that CMP […]
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‘Life Goes On’ is sermon topic PARIS — “Life Goes On” is the title of the sermon for Sunday, April 15, at the First Universalist Church on Pine Street. Silver Moore-Leamon will lead the 10 a.m. worship service. Music is under the direction of Joyce Franklin and the Sunday School is under the direction of […]
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Hebron Academy announces Cum Laude Society inductees
HEBRON — Hebron Academy Head of School John King and Hebron Cum Laude Chapter secretary John Curtis have announced the 2012 Cum Laude Society inductees. The society recognizes academic achievement in secondary schools for the purpose of promoting excellence, justice and honor, according to its mission statement. Hebron’s chapter was chartered in 1927 and is […]
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Rowe Elementary School honor roll
NORWAY — The Guy E. Rowe Elementary School has announced the honor roll. Grade four: Jaylee Bean, Deja Bennett, Kobe Bernard, Kenneth Bing, Katie Britton, Caleb Bugbee, Benjamin Damon, Taylor Day, Felicia Gibbs, Gavin Hamm, Shaelyn Hanscom, Tanner Herrick, Timothy LaGrange, Samuel Morton, Madolyn Niemi, Hayden Page, Emily Pease, Garrett Pendexter, Malaki Pottle, Rhiana Stygles, […]
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Forum on food sovereignty will be held April 19
NORWAY — Food Sovereignty, a public interest forum, will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St. The discussion will be led by Scott Vlaun of Moose Pond Arts + Ecology. A billion people are hungry. Industrially produced food is not always safe. Conventional, large-scale agriculture often degrades […]