John Ellis has loaned his collection of Big Ben and Baby Ben clocks for display at Norway Memorial Library on Main Street. It includes various styles of the alarm clocks from 1912 through 2000, advertisements and information. They will be on display until after the New Year.
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Jude Lamb tells audience 'Women Were Pioneers, Too!'
Storyteller Jude Lamb portrays her fourth great-grandmother Eunice Lakeman Hoar on Oct. 12 at the Norway Memorial Library. She told an informative and heart-wrenching story of Eunice, her husband and their family making their long, harrowing journey to settle in Rangeley. She also talked about other Maine women she portrays and her passion for giving […]
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Norway board OKs truck purchase for treatment plant
NORWAY – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday evening to authorize the Norway Wastewater Treatment Facility to purchase a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado for $41,700. Shawn Brown, superintendent of the facility, said that in 2002, the facility “started a program where we replace our two service trucks every 10 years.” “We started putting $5,000 away every […]
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A video game Halloween
Charlie and Karcha Buker of South Paris dress up as Luigi and Mario, respectively, from the Super Mario video game franchise on Halloween on Main Street in Norway while their children, Quinn, front left, and Kruz dress up as other characters from the game franchise. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Trick-or-treat trot in Norway
Sherry Homestead of Oxford “trots” down Main Street in Norway on Saturday in the third annual “Wicked, Weird and Totally Freaky Trick-or-Treat Trot” organized by the Progress Center of Norway. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Making pumpkin fairy houses in Norway
Lily Davis, 5, of Oxford, made a house for fairies out of a pumpkin Saturday at an event hosted by the Western Foothills Land Trust in Norway. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Norway police officer pitches canine program to selectmen
Norway Police Officer John Lewis explains his proposal to start a canine program at the Norway Police Department to the Board of Selectmen on Thursday. NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen heard a proposal Thursday evening from town police officer John Lewis to obtain a canine to assist police in tracking people and sniffing out […]
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Artist Peter Herley exhibits at Norway Public Library
Norway Memorial Library is presenting a new art exhibit by contemporary Maine artist Peter Herley. The exhibit, “Water for Life,” was inspired by Herley’s commitment to protecting and keeping waterways clean. The display can be viewed through late autumn during the library’s open hours. FMI: 207-743-5309 ext.1 or www.norway.lib.me.us.
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Two Norway pot-growing facilities 'in limbo'
NORWAY — Town Manager Dennis Lajoie said Wednesday that two of the three proposed medical marijuana grow facilities under Planning Board review will remain “in limbo” during the 180-day moratorium approved by voters Oct. 5. The two are a facility by Rob Laverdiere of Lewiston at 1 Pikes Hill Road and one by Chris Getchell […]
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Progress Center in Norway to hold third annual run/walk on Oct. 28
The Progress Center in Norway will host its third annual “Wicked Weird and Totally Freaky Trick or Treat Trot by the Lake” 10K and 5K run/walk on Saturday, Oct. 28, according to development manager Miranda Ward. Five of last year’s costumed entrants pose for a photo. NORWAY — The Progress Center will host its third […]