1954 – 2015 LEWISTON — Charles R. Niskanen Jr., 60, of Auburn died Wednesday, July 15, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Lewiston, Sept. 15, 1954, the son of Charles and Audrey Bartlett Niskanen Sr. He attended schools in Norway and graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1973. He worked at […]
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Norway woman pleads not guilty to water-dumping scam
PARIS — A Norway woman accused of scamming state benefits by returning dumped water bottles has entered a not guilty plea in court. Linda Goodman, 57, faces a single count of unlawful trafficking in SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, a Class D misdemeanor. She is accused of purchasing water with state benefits, emptying the bottles and […]
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Norway presenting downtown parking changes
NORWAY — In July, there may be six fewer parking spaces on Main Street as town officials try to improve visibility for traffic entering Main Street from Pikes Hill. The plan, which is being proposed to accommodate the traffic from the new $8.2 million Western Maine Medical office building, includes making a right-turn-only lane from Pikes […]
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Norway parking ordinance on board agenda
NORWAY — A decision by selectmen is expected Thursday on whether to remove the two-hour parking ban on Main Street from the parking ordinance. The board will hold a public hearing during the selectmen’s meeting Jan. 15 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Town Office on Danforth Street. The hearing follows another one in December, […]
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New policy has USPS customers seeing red
NORWAY — Some United States Postal Service customers in Paris and Norway are wondering if the postal service cares more about the safety of its drivers than that of its customers. Recently, customers on the southbound side of the road received a letter from Norway Postmaster Mike Anderson telling them they had 14 days to […]