A snowmobiler passes a patriotic ice shack on Lake Pennesseewassee in Norway on Friday morning. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
Norway Maine
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Norway board OKs move by farmers' market
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to allow the Norway Farmers’ Market to use Witherell Park on Main Street for the coming season. Pat Martin, speaking for the market, said it would be the “same market that’s always been in town. We’re just looking for a better venue.” Last year, the Norway […]
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Paris driver cited after van strikes house in Norway
A van driven by Zachary Wright, 28, of South Paris crashed into a house on Summer Street in Norway on Wednesday night, Police Chief Rob Federico said. No one was injured. (Chuck Blaquiere Photo) NORWAY — A South Paris man was ticketed for speeding Wednesday night, after he drove his passenger van into a house […]
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Streaked Mountain School may move
PARIS — Some School Administrative District 17 directors say it’s time to close the doors of the Streaked Mountain School on lower Main Street in Norway. The full board is expected to hear a proposal at its March 5 meeting on what it would cost to move students and staff to a new facility. The decision […]
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New artist takes residence at 448 Main in Norway
NORWAY — Celeste LaForme’s new gallery at 448 Main Street has had brown paper covering its windows most of the winter, and although the finishing touches are still being applied, the paper has been removed and passersby can peer in. When she is not teaching at Hebron Academy, there is a good chance LaForme will be […]
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Florence M. Komulainen
PORTLAND — Florence M. Komulainen, 80, of Norway, passed away Friday, Feb. 9, with her family by her side, following a brief illness. She was born in Bethel on March 4, 1937, the youngest child of William Albert and Stella York Skillings. She attended Gould Academy. She worked at B.E. Cole Shoe Shop, Paris Manufacturing and […]
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‘Ancestors Dream’ informal showing leads events for Cottage Street Creative Exchange
NORWAY — Cottage Street Creative Exchange, local arts nonprofit, has a full spring ahead with many opportunities for public engagement. Art Moves Dance Ensemble will have an informal showing of “Ancestors Dream” in process from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. Feedback is welcome after the showing, which will take place in Art Moves […]
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Norway cycling team to compete in 800-plus mile bike race in Iceland
NORWAY — During the last week of June, 10 people, many of them from the Oxford Hills, will depart for Iceland to participate in an 800-plus mile road race. Jesse Wall, owner of TruStrength Athletics in Norway, said he and nine members of TruStrength Athletics will travel to Reykjavik, Iceland, for the Wow Cyclothon, an 842-mile, […]
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Oxford Hills teens perform community service
A brigade of 23 volunteers spent a scant 45 minutes at the Norway Historical Museum and Historical Society moving 150 years of heavy bound Norway newspapers from the second floor down two flights to the new storage area in the basement in preparation for a renovation of the second floor. Fulfilling their requirement for 20 […]
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Norway medical marijuana committee considering moratorium extension
NORWAY — Members of the Medical Marijuana Grow Facility Committee said Thursday they are leaning toward asking the Board of Selectmen for an extension to the 180-day moratorium on medical grow facilities. The committee held a public forum Thursday evening to give residents a chance to share ideas on what they would like to see […]