The Maine Municipal Association Workers Compensation Fund has awarded the town of Norway a $3,000 safety enhancement grant. The funds will be used toward the purchase of an Advance SC500 X20D battery-powered walk-behind floor scrubber, to be used at the town office and highway department. This scrubber is versatile, uses less water and chemicals, and […]
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Norway center to host cancer survivors day reception June 5
SOUTH PARIS — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine plans to host an in-person National Cancer Survivors Day event from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, 97 Main St. “Earlier this spring, McLaughlin Gardens generously offered their barn and gardens as a place where survivors, along with their […]
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Post #82 to dedicate flag on Memorial Day
NORWAY — The Stone-Smart Post #82 will hold a dedication ceremony on Monday at its Memorial Corner at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway, starting at 11 a.m. The family of Vernon Brown, a World War II veteran and past commander of the American Legion, has donated his flag to the post. Brown, a […]
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Norway Family Fishing Festival planned for June 4
The seventh annual Norway Family Fishing Festival is planned from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at Butters Park in Norway. This event is a family educational day to teach children younger than 16 how to fish; it is not a competition, according to a news release from the Norway Parks & Recreation Department. […]
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Land trust to host North Pond Bog paddle May 29 in Norway
NORWAY — Staff and volunteers from Western Foothills Land Trust plan to host a morning of nature observations from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 29, at North Pond Bog. Those who attend may spy nesting ospreys, red-winged blackbirds, cedar waxwings, flycatchers and springbok plants from a kayak or canoe, according to a news release […]
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Norway seeks funds for study of Main Street improvements
A town meeting is scheduled right after the annual meeting June 20.
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Woodstock man charged in Oxford chase and crash
Authorities said they pursued Ethan J. Rioux-Poulios who commandeered a stolen car after he crashed a pickup truck head-on into a car, sending the driver to the hospital in critical condition.
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Rowe draws a big crowd for family breakfast and book fair
Better than 1,000 students and family members rolled through the doors for the school’s first event in more than two years.
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Sessions a three-peat gymnastics state champion
The Norway pre-teen started in gymnastics when she was three when her parents could not stop her from climbing everything in the house.
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Firefighters battle trailer fire in Norway, brush fire in Wilton
The fire in Norway was first reported at about 7 p.m. Early reports were that occupants had escaped the burning trailer but that two people may have suffered burns in the blaze.