NORWAY — Western Maine Art Group announced the winners of this summer’s Best of the Best of Western Maine Juried Art Show. The winners received ribbons, certificates and cash prizes. Professional: First prize, Portrait of Duncan Slade by Sheridan McLaughlin; second, Winter Triptych by Ron Hamilton; third, Canoeists by Elen Oneill; honorable mention certificates, Art […]
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Design students view exhibit at Norway arts center
NORWAY — High school art students got a lesson in sights and sounds this week. Fourteen students from Phil Hammett’s 2 Design class at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School visited the Lajos Matolcsy Arts Center on Main Street on Wednesday to view the Painters, Players & Poets exhibit. The exhibit runs through the end of […]
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Slumlords, shoddy oversight, tax dollars … living on Section 8
Imagine renting an apartment where, when a neighbor flushes the toilet, waste bubbles up in the bathroom sink.
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5th Saturday to feature contra dance, supper
NORWAY — October’s 5th Saturday will feature contra dancing and a public supper on Saturday, Oct. 29, in the Norway Grange Hall. The ghostly cooks at Norway’s Ganderia Middle School will serve a public supper starting at 5 p.m. Dinners will be $8 for adults and $4 for kids 12 and under. Menu includes chicken […]
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Norway man’s car goes 1 million miles
SACO, Maine (AP) — A Maine man and his car are celebrating a million-mile milestone. Joe LoCicero was given a 2012 Honda Accord at a parade in the city of Saco on Sunday after surpassing the million-mile mark on the odometer of his 1990 Accord. He reached the milestone last Thursday. A Honda spokeswoman tells […]
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More efficient manner
Same-day voter registration has served the state of Maine well, but change can be a good thing. Forty years ago, lawmakers could not have anticipated there would be upward of 50,000 people taking advantage of a system allowing them to register on the day of voting. This designed “safety net” for those allegedly unable to […]
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Jeanne Delia Boucher
WEST PARIS — Jeanne Delia Boucher (Brodeur), 78, of Norway, peacefully passed away early Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Ledgeview Living Center, with her family at her side. Jeanne was born Feb. 23, 1933, in Old Town, to Napoleon and Delia Brodeur. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Old Town and graduated from John […]
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H.S. Football: Eddies come back on Vikings
PARIS — The game had all the makings of a classic playoff matchup. Extended introductions, these due to senior night at Oxford Hills? Check. Crisp, clean autumn air? Check. Two teams playing with plenty of pride? Check. No matter that, previous to Friday night, Edward Little and Oxford Hills had three combined wins, the Eastern […]
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Norway author to be topic of historical society tour
NORWAY — Norway’s native son and well known author C.A. Stephens will be the topic of a program at the Norway Historical Society on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. There will be a presentation of three Norway locations that pertain to Stephens life, followed by a tour of these sites. Local C. A Stephens […]