Norway Maine
Norway Arts Festival Street Dance is Friday
NORWAY — Bring your dancing shoes and an empty belly to The Norway Arts Festival Street Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 8, behind Fare Share Co-op, with a rain location at the OHCHS Forum. The Norway Arts Festival is celebrating the life and work of Tony Montanaro, an internationally acclaimed mime artist […]
Poets on the Porch dedicated to Tom Foley
NORWAY — Now in its ninth year as part of the Norway Arts Festival, Poets on the Porch will happen from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9, in front of the Norway Memorial Library. Here is this year’s roster of poets: Rijah Newell, Norway; Lisa Campobasso, Norway; Greg Zlemansky, Norway; Mark Swiedom, Hebron; Mary […]
Artisan Fair to be part of Norway Farmers Market
NORWAY — In celebration of the upcoming Norway Art Festival, the Norway Farmers Market will welcome local artisans and small businesses for an Artisan Fair from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, July 7. Mixed in with the vendors, guest farmers and guest artisans, Celebration Barn will provide information on the ongoing activities at their community […]
Norway pizzeria set to reopen
NORWAY – A tentative date of July 11 has been set for reopening of Aries Pizza, owner Chris Farrar said. “It’s starting to come together,” Farrar said of the renovation work. It has been going on daily since May 9 when fire destroyed the adjacent rooming house at 467 Main St. and ignited the top […]
Artists aplenty will fill part of Main Street, Norway
NORWAY — More than 100 artists from Maine and other parts of New England will converge on Main Street on Saturday, July 9, for the 44th annual Norway Arts Festival. A section will be closed, from 258 to 450 Main St., to allow for a pedestrian mall. Festival-goers will find fine art paintings, photography, three-dimensional […]
Owners seek to improve blighted Norway properties
NORWAY — Newly appointed Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman has reported to town officials that progress is being made to clean up abandoned and fire-ravaged properties in town. Corey-Whitman said in a recent report to Town Manager David Holt that a number of the dozen or so properties have been upgraded since her last report […]
Route 26 work begins Thursday
NORWAY — A major reconstruction project on Route 26 will start Thursday. The $1.2 million job to replace old sewer and water lines on the Fair Street section of Route 26 from Grove to Green streets near the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School is expected to disrupt traffic for up to four weeks this summer. […]