NORWAY — A South Paris man was injured and taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital on Friday after he turned his pickup truck into oncoming traffic. Norway Police Officer John Lewis said Donald Lothrop, 73, was delivering a spare tire to his wife’s son Friday at about 5 p.m. on Waterford Road near Merles Landing. “He […]
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Advertiser/Sun Journal offices get facelift
NORWAY — The Advertiser Democrat/Sun Journal buildings will soon look a bit more historic. Construction began Wednesday to remove the two-story, multi-window, dual-door entrance to the two buildings that were built in the mid-19th century. “We think the new entrance will conform better to the downtown look,” said Sun Media Group Vice President James Costello Jr., […]
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Opera House bell to keep ringing
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen took no action Thursday night to reduce the hourly striking of the Norway Opera House bell. “Let it sit,” Chairman Bruce Cook said. The board was told there were no complaints made directly to Town Manager David Holt about the hourly ringing of the bell. The board made no […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Frost Hill closing costs: Not this year
NORWAY — The chairman of the Norway Paris Solid Waste Committee said a last minute requested increase of $46,500 in the fiscal 2017 department budget wascaused by a variety of problems including a 50 percent reduction in the price of steel and metal and the need to close segments of the Frost Hill landfill on Route […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Building a home — and a life — together
NORWAY — The dream of home ownership is alive and well in western Maine. In 2015, Sarah Martin made a commitment to build a home in Norway for herself and her two daughters. She enrolled in the Community Concepts Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program and in January, she and several other families and individuals began their yearlong […]
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Ragna E. Gauger
1939 – 2016 FORT MYERS, Fla. — Ragna E. Gauger went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 11. Ragna passed away peacefully at her home in Fort Myers, Fla., from complications of Parkinson’s disease. The only child of the late Proctor and Frances Byard, Ragna was born on Nov. 18, 1939, in Blue […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway shop preparing for hundreds of quilters
NORWAY — Downtown Norway is preparing for an invasion of quilters. Sew Orchid Design at 316 Main St. is participating in the 2016 Maine Quilt Shop Hop, where quilters visit as many of the shops as possible across the state throughout April. Sew Orchid Design owner Barbara Daigle and her employee, Annette Whitney, have been readying […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway recommended budget at $4.7 million
NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt on Thursday presented a $4.7 million budget for 2016-17 that includes money for a future town garage but none for a fire station in North Norway. The spending plan is $157,124 more than this fiscal year. It includes $340,600 for road improvements, town streets, sidewalks and bridge repairs. “My […]