NORWAY — A Winthrop children’s author read excerpts from her new book geared toward middle school students Wednesday afternoon at Books N Things. Lynn Plourde, a Skowhegan native who has written children’s books for nearly 20 years, read excerpts from “Maxi’s Secrets,” which follows the travails of a deaf Great Pyrenees dog. Plourde said the […]
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Norway Police Department seeking suspect in July sexual assault
NORWAY — The Norway Police Department is seeking help identifying a suspect in a sexual assault in July. A Facebook post by the Police Department describes the suspect as having “blond shoulder-length dreadlocks, blue eyes, very bad teeth, and very bad skin.” Detective Gary Hill said the assault happened July 23 during the annual FUDAfest […]
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Drive underway to provide school supplies to students
NORWAY — The Police Department is teaming up with the Oxford Hills General Assistance administrator to provide school supplies to children in need. “As a single mother familiar with the (Temporary Assisance for Needy Families) program, I remember the stress of having to supply school supplies for my children,” Administrator Shannon Moxcey said. “There’s not […]
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Main Street to stay open during Norway’s Halloween Festival
NORWAY — Selectmen decided Thursday evening to opt for ways to improve safety during the annual Halloween Festival rather than closing Main Street to vehicles. After Town Manager David Holt’s suggestion, the board agreed to hold private talks with the fire and police chiefs to come up with measures to improve safety, including erecting signs to […]
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Norway apartment building heavily damaged by fire
NORWAY — Fire ripped through a six-unit apartment building at 73 Beal St. on Wednesday afternoon, displacing eight people and leaving questions about whether the structure can be repaired. The landlord, Peter Berube, and three tenants, including a couple and their infant, were home at the time and managed to escape unharmed. The fire started […]
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25th FUDAfest kicks off in Norway
NORWAY – The Fully Unclothed Dancing Activism Festival, better known as FUDAfest, began its 25th annual weekend of “clothing optional protest against unjust laws” Friday. The first protest may have already occurred when organizer Aaron Fuda failed to apply for a mass gathering permit from the town. “They have no permit,” acknowledged Town Manager David […]
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Norway selectman says manure fears unfounded
NORWAY — Selectman Thomas Curtis said Thursday there’s nothing to fear from a hay farmer spreading manure in a field along Hobbs Pond, according to a state regulator and the town’s code enforcement officer. The field near Lakeview Cemetery on Watson Road slopes toward Little Pennesseewassee Pond, known locally as Hobbs Pond. It is town land leased […]
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Paris police hunting for missing dinosaur
PARIS — You’ve heard of people asking for help to find their lost dog or cat. This time, police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a dinosaur. The Norway-Paris Fish & Game Association said its beloved dinosaur — in reality, an archery target — has gone missing. Paris police are trying to track its whereabouts. The […]
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Norway manure-spreading operation to be inspected
NORWAY — Selectmen will invite a state official to inspect a town field along Hobbs Pond, after a resident expressed concerns that manure spread on the land may be draining into the water. The decision follows an at-times contentious selectmen meeting Thursday evening, at which resident Steve Siskowitz claimed his well and the pond were in jeopardy […]
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Police: Drunk mom fell on 5-year-old; dog feces cover apartment
PARIS — A Norway mother, whom police say fell on her 5-year-old daughter while intoxicated, was living in an apartment covered in dog feces, according to a police affidavit. Kimberly Henderson, 44, of 206 Main St., pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child and violation of condition of release […]