Norway Maine
Opening Day Festival to be held at farmers market
NORWAY — On Thursday, May 26, Norway Farmers’ Market vendors will gather in the Town Parking Lot off Main and Whitman streets (behind the Fare Share Market) to begin the 2011 market season. An opening day festival will be held throughout the market day. The Kidds Hillbilly Farm and A Wrinkle In Thyme Farm, both […]
Norway cracks down on debris, nuisance properties
NORWAY — Progress is being made to clean up about a dozen dangerous and nuisance properties around town, including debris from four burned-out buildings. Town Manager David Holt reported to the Board of Selectmen this week that a burned-out house at 422 Wiley Road had been torn down and the debris removed. Newly appointed Code […]
Progress Center invites public to trail
NORWAY — The Progress Center will host its fourth annual Day of Giving on June 3 to celebrate the American Hiking Society’s 19th annual National Trails Days by inviting people to come walk on the Matthew Record Memorial Park and Trail. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Progress […]
Legion Auxiliaries host national president
National President Carlene Ashworth of American Legion Auxiliary recently visited Maine units. Stone-Smart Unit 82 of Norway hosted a lunch for her. Other units attending were South Paris, Oxford, Buckfield, West Paris and Mechanic Falls. Members of Unit 82 in attendance were, first row from left, Rose Moulton, Joyce Clifford, Carmie Rideout, Dayle Burnell, Theresa […]
Hearing set to discuss Opera House grant
NORWAY — Selectmen will hold a public hearing June 2 to discuss the town’s application for a more than $400,000 grant to help restore the Opera House storefronts to viable business space. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the municipal office on Danforth Street. The town is planning to apply for money under […]
Rosenblatt to retire from Norway library
NORWAY – Norway Memorial Library has announced the retirement of staff member Allison Rosenblatt as teen services coordinator at the end of May. There will be a reception for Allison at the library from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26, for those who wish to drop by to wish her well. Allison has worked […]
His Place Teen Center holding Memorial Day yard sale
NORWAY — His Place Teen Center will hold a big yard salefrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 25-June 1, on Route 26 (next to the fish market). They are accepting donations of good furniture to sell at bargain prices. They are also seeking good-quality clothes, especially baby clothes. The Alpha & Omega Thrift Shop […]
Gingerbread House measured for the move
NORWAY — The Gingerbread House move has been delayed until June 2 due to weather conditions. The date is only tentative and will be dependent on the weather conditions at the time, Pat Shearman of the Gingerbread House Task Force said. Workers from Central Maine Power Co. were at the site Monday measuring the height […]
Man in search of a bell for his tower
NORWAY — Jim Bryant, the man Norway residents know as the keeper of the Opera House clock, is in need of a bell. “I am interested in finding a bell to go with the tower clock that I have,” the Wayne resident said. He bought the tower clock from the Universalist-Unitarian Church on Silver Street […]