NORWAY — Selectmen have approved a permit for the Norway Music & Arts Festival, planned for Saturday, July 14. The event has operated in the past as the Norway Arts Festival but this year will include music, Town Manager Dennis Lajoie said. Norway Downtown, a nonprofit organization seeking to revitalize Main Street, hired Sumner resident […]
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Norway nomination papers due April 19
NORWAY — Town Clerk Shirley Boyce said nomination papers for one selectman and three school directors are due by Thursday, April 19. Selectman Russel Newcomb’s term expires in June, Boyce said, and he has taken out nomination papers for another three-year term. No one else has taken out papers for the seat. On the School […]
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Norway Budget Committee to begin meeting on April 9
NORWAY — The Budget Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Town Office to discuss the proposed 2018-19 fiscal year budget, Town Manager Dennis Lajoie said. The committee is expected to consider requests for the Norway Memorial Library, the Fire Department and utility and animal control accounts. Lajoie told the Board of Selectmen […]
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Norway board to meet with Norway Paris Solid Waste Board over budget error
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted Thursday night to have Town Manager Dennis Lajoie schedule a meeting with the Norway Paris Solid Waste Board to discuss an error in the previous year’s budget. Chairman Warren Sessions Jr., who also serves as manager of the Norway Paris Transfer Station, said it recently came to the […]
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Outdoor festival permit on agenda for Norway board meeting on April 5
NORWAY — A public hearing will be held at the 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, Board of Selectmen meeting to discuss an application for an outdoor festival permit for the Norway Music and Arts Festival scheduled for July 14. Selectmen also will hear from Pat Martin with the Norway Farmers Market about getting an application […]
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Hebron Academy students clean Norway street
Hebron Academy students Lillian Bergeron, front left, of Wales and Kaila Mank, front right, of Raymond pick up trash and sweep the sidewalk on Main Street in Norway, as Ray Wang, back left, Jennifer Lyu, back middle, hidden, and Jolie Chen look for trash. Many students from the Class of 2021 met on Main Street […]
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Iva Roxana Holden
NORWAY — Iva Roxana Holden, 84, of Norway, passed away Monday, April 2. She was born Dec. 17, 1933, in Waterford, to George Allen and Marilla (Bell-Hersey) Allen. She went to Norway High School and worked at the Norway Shoe Shop before joining the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and became a medical specialist until discharge. Iva […]
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Skipping into spring in downtown Norway
Rosalie LeBlanc, 6, skips down the sidewalk on Main Street in Norway with her mother, Rachel LeBlanc, on a recent afternoon after school. The warm temperatures have seen people shedding warm layers and adding a little spring to their steps. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Kite flying group to 'color the sky' in Norway
NORWAY — “ColorTheSky!” is the name of a new group started by a Norway woman who hopes to bring back the joy of flying kites. Terry Robinson said she recently started flying kites again and is “really loving it.” She even came up with her group’s name based on a kite she purchased a few months […]
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Local artist on display at Main Street Gallery
NORWAY — Local artist Beverly LaVerdiere will display her artwork at the Main Street Gallery, 426 Main St., during April. LaVerdiere is the Western Maine Art Group’s artist of the month. “Most of my paintings are painted from photos which I take while I am out for a walk,” she said. “I carry my camera […]