NORWAY — The Norway Board of Selectmen has rejected a bid – just a little more than $1,000 – for property at 30 Dean Ave. saying they hope they can get more. The town took the property at 30 Dean Ave. for unpaid taxes and sewer fees in the amount of $6,346.98, owed since 2007. It is […]
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Transportation, staying in home major issues facing seniors
NORWAY — The No. 1 issue facing older residents in Oxford County is transportation. “Transportation always comes up,” said Connie Jones of SeniorPlus, the designated Agency on Aging for western Maine. The agency is holding focus groups of residents 60 and older in Oxford and Franklin counties as part of its strategic plan that is updated […]
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Norway grant to protect ash trees
NORWAY — The town of Norway has been awarded a Project Canopy grant that will address, in part, the estimated 5,000 or more ash trees that are in jeopardy of being wiped out by the emerald ash borer disease. Tish Carr, Norway’s tree warden, said the grant will be used to develop an inventory to identify […]
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Tax credits available for historic rehab
NORWAY — In an effort to promote rehabilitation of some of Norway’s 50 historic buildings in the downtown National Historic District, Town Manager David Holt has suggested a workshop be held to educate building owners about state historic rehabilitation tax credits that are available to qualified building owners. Holt’s idea was sparked by the recent sale […]
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Churchill to lead Franklin Community Health Network
FARMINGTON — The board of directors of Franklin Community Health Network has named the president and CEO of Western Maine Health in Norway, Timothy A. Churchill, as interim leader starting March 1. Churchill will serve as CEO of both organizations until a permanent replacement is found for Rebecca Arsenault, who will retire Feb. 29. Western […]
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Sale of L.M. Longley & Son building underway
NORWAY — The owners of the Green Machine Bike Shop on Main Street may become the new owners of the L.M. Longley & Son building, Town Manager David Holt told the Board of Selectmen on Thursday night. John and Angela Harvey plan to move their bike shop to the main floor and live upstairs. The offer […]
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Norway Savings Bank: A Main Street institution
NORWAY — The Norway Savings Bank has been a Main Street institution during three centuries. It’s headquarters on Main Street in Norway has changed over the years and the bank has expanded to 24 branches in western and southern Maine, but its commitment to customers, fiscal responsibility and determination to remain on Main Street, have not. […]
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Crooker house sold, Longley building awaiting courts
NORWAY — One of the three Higgins-Crooker Trust properties has been sold, one has been approved for sale by the Franklin County Probate Court and the sale of the third property is under review by the court, Trustee David Holt said Tuesday. The historic James O. Crooker House on Deering Street has been sold for $55,000 […]
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Norway wedding barn proposal still on hold
NORWAY — Review of a site plan application for a wedding barn on Morse Road stalled again Thursday night when the applicant failed to appear before the Planning Board. Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman told the Planning Board that Peter Ulrickson, who hopes to operate the business in a 19th-century farmhouse at 107 Morse Road, […]