Norway Maine
Rec Dept. tennis clinics currently taking place
NORWAY — The Norway Recreation Department is currently holding junior and adult tennis clinics at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School tennis courts. The Junior Tennis Clinic is for ages 8-18 and features two sessions: one from 1:30-2:30 p.m. and the other from 4-5 p.m. The clinic began June 27 and will continue June 28-30 […]
Three Mainers to take humanitarian supplies to Cuba
NORWAY — Oxford Hills people will give a send off to three Maine people heading off to Cuba on July 6. Under the auspices of the Maine group Let Cuba Live and Pastors for Peace, they are taking humanitarian supplies donated from Maine and Quebec. Tom Whitney of South Paris, local organizer for Let Cuba […]
Norway to vote on more welfare funds
NORWAY — Voters at a special town meeting Tuesday night will be asked to put another $35,000 into the general assistance budget for 2011-12. The money would come from the surplus account. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the municipal office on Danforth Street. “We’re spending more than we originally thought,” Town Manager David […]
Special Olympics’ team brings home 17 medals, 12 ribbons
NORWAY — The Special Olympics team sponsored by the Progress Center recently brought 17 medals and 12 ribbons back to Oxford Hills. The medals and ribbons represent participation in nine different events by 15 team members, according to officials at the Progress Center. The 43rd annual Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games were held at […]
Mother, daughter exhibiting rugs, paintings at Norway Savings Bank
NORWAY — Natalie Reed and her daughter, Julieanne L. Reed, both of Mexico, currently have a show of their creations — braided rugs and paintings — in the windows of Norway Savings Bank Operations Center on Main Street. Natalie, of Backkingdom Braids, has been creating braided rugs for 50 years. She crafts each rug from […]
Driver charged after fiery Norway crash
NORWAY — A Brunswick man was charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash after his car left lower Main Street and burst into flames early Thursday morning. James L. White, 42, of 74 Union St. was arrested while walking south of the accident scene, Norway police Cpl. Holli Pullen said. He […]
Norway Arts Festival Montanaros: Dancer will pay tribute to mime
NORWAY — Karen Montanaro, a world-renowned mimedancer, will kick off the Norway Arts Festival on Thursday, July 7. This year’s festival focus figure is her late husband, Tony Montanaro, one of the great mime artists of the 20th century. The Norway Arts Festival, presented by the Western Maine Art Group and Norway Downtown, will be […]
Household hazardous waste collection Saturday in Norway
NORWAY — Residents of Oxford Hills can dispose of poisons, pesticides and oil-based paints at a hazardous waste collection from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at Norway-Paris Solid Waste, 39 Brown St. The collection will be free to residents of Norway, Paris, Otisfield and West Paris. Residents of other towns may be able […]