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Thirsty Thursday in Norway

by Jon Bolduc March 7, 2019March 7, 2019

A nice pint of Ms. Maple Pants on a Thursday afternoon.

A calculated attack designed to undercut and disparage Norway Downtown and the Norway Chief of Police has been launched in public and on social media. The attack is nothing more than the temper tantrum of a petulant child who isn’t getting what he wants, when he wants it. In the depressingly familiar “Trumpian” juvenile form […]

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Matolcsy Art Center begins season with new exhibit

March 4, 2019March 3, 2019

“Coming Out of Hibernation” is Western Maine Art Group’s first exhibit this spring.

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No one injured when SUV goes up in flames in Norway

by Mark LaFlamme March 1, 2019March 2, 2019

NORWAY – A pair of women escaped without injury Friday night after the SUV they were riding in went up in flames on Pikes Hill Road. It happened at about 8:30 p.m., said Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates. The woman who was driving the 2004 Dodge Dakota pulled over after smelling smoke. The women got […]

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House Lorax to host Blindman’s Ball on Friday

February 28, 2019February 27, 2019

The local art collective invites the general public to their third “First Friday” event March 1.

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House fire in Norway accidental

by Jon Bolduc February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates said a house fire on Crockett Ridge Road started in the kitchen and caused extensive damage.

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Firefighters quickly extinguish Norway house fire

by Matthew Daigle February 26, 2019February 27, 2019

NORWAY — Firefighters quickly extinguished a house fire Tuesday night at 544 Crockett Ridge Road, according to Assistant Fire Chief Tim Yates. Yates said the fire began in the kitchen of the one-story, single-family house. The cause of the fire was not known Tuesday night. An investigation is planned for Wednesday morning, Yates said. A […]

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Skijoring clinic: Norway goes to the dogs

by Jon Bolduc February 24, 2019February 25, 2019

NORWAY — Robert’s Farm Preserve in Norway went to the dogs Sunday afternoon.Geoff Shallard, a skijoring expert from Yarmouth, taught six yelping dogs — and their owners — the basics of skijoring. Derived from the Norwegian word skikjøring, meaning ski driving, skijoring is cross-country skiing while attached by a 12-foot cord to one or two […]