NORWAY — On Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. Julia Harper will teach a home composting workshop, sponsored by Teresia Reiki, which will explain how to reduce carbon footprint by diverting food scraps from household garbage and into a compost pile. The workshop is being held at The Center for Healing Arts and Therapies, 180 […]
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Norway PD down two officers
NORWAY — The Police Department lost two full-time police officers in recent weeks. Cpl. Holli Pullen, who was with the department since 2006, took a job with the Mexico Police Department. Town Manager David Holt said Pullen resigned last week. Officer Stephen Witham, who was appointed in early December to replace a retiring officer, is […]
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Marilyn B. Lejonhud
AUBURN — Marilyn B. Lejonhud, 79, of Norway died Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Hospice House. She was born in Portland, July 25, 1932, the daughter of George W. and Ethel Harvey Bonney. She graduated from Deering High School. She married Philip W. Lejonhud Jr. on July 18, 1953, and was a homemaker all of […]
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‘Freedom Riders’ film to be shown Feb. 16
NORWAY — The film “Freedom Riders” will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St. Discussion and refreshments will follow. The 2010 film is the story of hundreds of young, mostly black, young people traveling on buses in 1961 through segregated southern states. Following the lead of Henry […]
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Sharlene Brown
SOUTH PARIS — Sharlene (Cummings) Brown, 66, of Norway, passed away Sunday, Feb. 5, at Market Square Health Care Center, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Norway, July 28, 1945, to Charlie and Velma (Hobson) Cummings. She married Stephen S. Brown on Sept. 17, 1966. Throughout Sharlene’s working career, she […]
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Sandy Kennedy Wiseman
NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Sandy Kennedy Wiseman, 47, of New Middletown, Ind., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services. She was born in Norway, Aug. 10, 1964, the daughter of Darrell and Alice Watters Kennedy. She was a paramedic for Harrison County Hospital in Indiana. She had been a paramedic […]
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Mexico police fully staffed; two new officers start this week
MEXICO — After months of concern about staffing the Police Department, two new officers start this week to fill the gap. Zack Bisson, 23, of Mechanic Falls, and Holli Pullen, 28, of Norway, both started working full time for the department this week. Bisson was previously a reserve officer for Oxford Police Department and Mechanic […]
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New Gloucester skier with brain injury gets to continue sport he loves
NEW GLOUCESTER — What goes around comes around. Donald Ketcham volunteered when he was a teenager and now, 15 years after a serious accident, Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation volunteers give back to Ketcham. Ketcham was raised in a large family that loved being outdoors. He volunteered with the Student Conservation Corps, and made a […]