NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt told the Board of Selectmen on Thursday night that the town will apply for more than $400,000 in grant money to help restore the Opera House storefronts. The Norway Opera House Corp. will raise the necessary $400,000 match requirement, he said. “It’s an awful lot of money but no […]
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Gingerbread House move delayed until Friday
NORWAY, Maine — The move of the historic Gingerbread House has been delayed until Friday morning. Although crews had hydraulically lifted the wheels under the Gingerbread House around 11 a.m., James Merry of James Merry Building Movers in Scarborough, made the decision shorty after 3 p.m. to halt the process until the morning. The decision […]
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Alan Day Community Garden announces free workshops
NORWAY — The Alan Day Community Garden is hosting two upcoming gardening related workshops. The upcoming workshops will cover how permaculture concepts can be applied to designing and growing organic gardens, and ways in which kitchen and yard waste can be turned into valuable soil conditioner. These workshops are part of an ongoing series hosted […]
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Art and music in a First Friday event at Frost Hill
NORWAY — Frost Farm Gallery will hold a “First Friday” reception, meet-and- greet the artist from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 4 at the gallery located in the historic David W. Frost farm, 272 Pikes Hill in Norway. The exhibit, entitled “Journey’s End,” will feature artwork by Lenora Leibowitz of Portland. Leibowitz is a […]
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Gingerbread House expected to be moved Thursday
NORWAY – Motorists will be detoured down Water Street on Thursday morning if the projected move of the Gingerbread House up Main Street occurs. The move date is still only tentative and will be dependent on the weather conditions at the time, but Pat Shearman of the Gingerbread House Task Force said late Tuesday that […]
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Tree-trimming funds requested for town cemeteries
NORWAY — Town meeting voters will be asked to appropriate $10,000 to repair town cemeteries and another $10,000 to remove dangerous trees in those cemeteries, parks and along roadsides. Holt said there are 15 to 20 trees in some of the cemeteries that need addressing. “If you don’t take them down carefully, they will take […]
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OHMPAA will stage ‘Lend Me a Tenor’
NORWAY — Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association will present Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me a Tenor” on June 16-19 and 23-26 at the Norway Grange on Whitman Street. Evening performances will begin at 8 o’clock, Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets, $10, $8 for seniors, are available at Books N Things on Main Street. […]