NORWAY — Stephens Memorial Hospital will offer diabetes self-management education this summer, under the direction of diabetes educators Doreen Adams and Pat Watson. Classes will be held on Mondays, beginning June 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. The first class will be discussing what diabetes is and blood sugar monitoring; the July 11 class will […]
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Rotary Club seeking donations for Missouri
During the month of June the Oxford Hills Rotary Club is passing the hat at every meeting to raise money to send to Joplin, Mo. The club agreed to match the members’ donations up to $2000. The membership hopes to send off a total of $4000 to the tornado victims. Money collected will be sent […]
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Norway voters OK buying equipment, fixing roads
NORWAY — Annual town meeting voters approved a $2.7 million operating budget and $427,500 in capital projects, including the purchase of a new firetruck, Highway Department grader and funds for continued road projects Monday night. About 80 voters approved the 44-article warrant in about 90 minutes, but took time to discuss several purchases and a […]
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Norway man charged with attempted sexual assault
NORWAY — A Norway man was released on personal recognizance Monday after he was charged with attempting to sexually assault a woman. Harry E. Kimball Jr., 52, of Waterford Road, was charged with attempted gross sexual assault. He also faces an assault charge in the incident. According to an arrest affidavit by Norway police Officer […]
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Former school employee now volunteers
NORWAY — If Ethel Lacourse isn’t playing the piano at a nursing home, calling bingo at the local veterans home or standing behind the cash register at the Stephens Memorial Hospital coffee shop, she is probably at one of her 17 other volunteer jobs. Or she’s at the gym on the treadmill or weight training […]
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Sports literature discussion at Norway Library
NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library announces “Let’s Talk About It: The American Sporting Experience,” beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, with a discussion of “A River Runs Through It” by Norman MacLean and “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” by Alan Sillitoe. The reading and discussion series is provided by the Maine Humanities Council […]
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Stephens Memorial hosting Safe Sitter class
NORWAY — Stephens Memorial Hospital will offer a Safe Sitter class from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, and from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, in the Harper Conference Center. The Family Birthplace nurse Shannon Nassa will teach the course. The program is a medically accurate, hands-on instructional program designed […]
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Norway voters to decide on new equipment
NORWAY — Town meeting voters will be asked Monday to approve a $2.7 million budget, buy a new Fire Department pumper and a Highway Department grader. Town meeting gets under way at 7 p.m. in the Forum at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris to act on the 44-article warrant. The proposed budget for […]
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Hearingset on Norway property cleanup
NORWAY – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to hold a public hearing as the next step in an effort to clean up a burned-out property on Pikes Hill Road. Town Manager David Holt said it will cost about $8,500 to clean up the property. It is owned by Christopher and Mary Buckley […]