Short Folks for Hope Foundation recently donated $300 to the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine in Norway. The foundation raised the money at its Folk Fair on June 23 at Longley Square in Norway. From left are Isaiah, Allie, Ian and Kristen Short, who is founder of Short Folks for Hope Foundation, Cancer Resource […]
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Norway Country Club announces new Memorial Garden
NORWAY — After nearly two years of work, the Norway Country Club Memorial Committee has completed its new Memorial Garden and has opened it to the public. Paulette Tabb, speaking on behalf of the club, said the garden has floral arrangements and remembrance plaques, which can either recognize people who have passed away or honor […]
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Rosella D. Walker
NORWAY — Rosella Drake Walker, 98, of Norway died early Sunday afternoon, Aug. 5, at the Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation. She was born Sept. 28, 1919, in Canton, a daughter of Francis and Eva (Briggs) Drake. Rosella worked most of her life in local shoe shops. Her last position was at Wilner Wood Products, […]
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Progress Center volunteers help cancer center
NORWAY — Volunteers at the Progress Center have been making heart and neck pillows, bags, rice packs and port protectors for those impacted by cancer. The program began in 2015 and Cancer Resource Center Coordinator Sherri Otterson has shown them how to stuff pillows, fill rice packs and sew. The center has given away more […]
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Foothills Food Festival offering regional fare
NORWAY — The third annual Foothills Food Festival will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, in Longley Square on Main Street. Free and open to the public, the festival is billed as “A Celebration of Local Food.” It’s organized by Community Food Matters and sponsored by local businesses. Among the features […]
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Two injured in Norway crash
NORWAY — A couple from Greenwood were injured Thursday night when their van crashed after swerving to avoid an object on Route 118, Norway police officer John Lewis said. Amanda Fox, 45, and her husband, Richard, 48, were extricated from their 1996 Ford Econoline van and taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital for treatment of unspecified […]
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Norway board votes to create volunteer tree consultant position
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted Thursday evening to formally create a volunteer tree consultant position. Tish Carr, who has voluntarily served as tree warden for the past 18 years, will be asked if she’s interested in continuing in the role. At the July 19 board meeting, Carr said she was told during a […]
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Norway man suffers broken bones in Waterford Road car, motorcycle crash
Police officers and firefighters with the Norway police and fire departments speak with the driver of a Subaru Impreza that was involved in an accident with a motorcycle Tuesday afternoon on Waterford Road. Norway Police Officer Mitch Shaw said the driver of the motorcycle later brought himself to Stephens Memorial Hospital, where he learned he […]
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Joey Arsenault
NORWAY — Joey Arsenault, beloved son of Maurice and Judy (Guilford) Arsenault, died at his home on 44 Elm St., Norway, on Thursday, July 19, with his family attending to him. Joey was born Dec. 22, 1976. He graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1995, went to work at the Oxford Hannaford store in 2000 […]
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Trimming the weeds
Everett Parlin trims weeds around his lawn at Cummings Place in Norway on Tuesday afternoon. Parlin said his lawn was the site of a house built in 1904 that was demolished because of its dilapidated condition. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)