OXFORD — Oxford’s Highway Department has recently received several boosts that it expects will increase worker safety, expand its services and improve productivity. Saddled with a 30-year-old road grader with mounting, five-figure repair estimates and a backhoe that no longer wanted to work, Oxford’s Highway Department was recently given the green light to replace its […]
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Norway’s Opera House gets new tenants with familiar faces
Brick & Mortar will feature home goods of all kinds.
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Essential workers speak candidly about their jobs and COVID-19 exposure risk
“Everyone here has someone at home with an underlying disease. We just want to be safe,” an essential worker in Bethel said.
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Graveyard tour puts a spotlight on Norway’s forefathers
Six tours will be held between Oct. 30 – 31 at the Rustfield Cemetery on Greenleaf Street in Norway.
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West Paris voters to vote on spirits, marijuana
WEST PARIS — Voters in West Paris are being asked to consider 10 referendum questions on the town’s local Nov. 3 election ballot. All questions pertain to sales and regulations of liquor, medicinal marijuana and medical marijuana. Liquor Shall this municipality authorize the State to permit the operation of agency liquor stores on days other than […]
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Harrison’s local ballot includes three ordinance changes
HARRISON — Harrison has three ordinance questions for residents to vote on in its Nov. 3 local election ballot. Question 1: Shall an ordinance entitled “Mass Gathering Ordinance” be amended? No changes will be made to the town’s definition of what constitutes a mass gathering. Instead, the amendment clarifies that the ordinance applies to private […]
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McLaughlin Garden hosts reading of ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Saturday
McLaughlin Garden & Farmstead to feature new fall events in a year mostly lost to the pandemic.
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Parents make a stand against teen violence in Oxford Hills
PARIS — After a series of violent attacks by juveniles on their peers, several parents in Oxford Hills have come together to take a stand against bullying, hosting sidewalk demonstrations and forming a community group on Facebook to shed light on the problems their children face. Norway resident Alishia Sessions was moved to start Oxford […]
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Norway’s Weary Club: Its name belies a long legacy of community involvement, conversation and whittling
Even President Calvin Coolidge was granted honorary membership, although he never made it to the club for coffee and doughnuts.
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Recreational marijuana debate resurrected in Oxford
The town voted to approve an ordinance limiting marijuana businesses to four medical dispensaries back in 2017.