NORWAY — Selectmen Bill Damon and Warren Sessions have no challengers in their bids for re-election June 14. Town Clerk Shirley Boyce said Wesley Wentworth took out nomination papers for selectman but did not return them by the deadline. Wentworth was unsuccessful in a previous bid for a seat. Oxford Hills School District Director Donald […]

NORWAY — The Budget Committee on Tuesday night unanimously followed Town Manager David Holt’s recommendations and approved a proposed $2.7 million municipal budget for 2011-12. First, however, they called attention to the $25,000 requested increase in the General Assistance budget, which is proposed at $110,000. Of that total, $10,000 is for administration. “I think we […]

NORWAY – A former tenant of the boarding house that was destroyed in a fire early Monday morning is asking for donations to help about a dozen occupants left homeless . “Some of them are very close friends of mine. I’m trying to help them,” said Laura Gleason of Norway, who lived in the building […]

NORWAY — The destruction by fire of one of the oldest houses on Main Street has left another hole in one of the state’s most complete downtown National Historic Districts. “For Norway Downtown whose rehabilitation efforts hinge on significant historic buildings, this is a tragedy,” Andrea Burns, president of Norway Downtown, said. The 1806 building, […]