1916 – 2015 NORWAY — Avis Arline Ellingwood, 99 of Norway passed into heaven on Monday, Nov. 2, at her home. Avis was born in South Bethel on Oct. 8, 1916, the fifth of six daughters of George M. and Sarah M. (Cole) Salls. She graduated salutatorian from Woodstock High School, Class of 1934. During […]
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Donald M. Knapp
1931 – 2015 NORWAY — Donald M. Knapp, 84, of Franklin Street, Rumford, died Monday, Nov. 2, at Stephens Memorial Hospital, Norway. He was a resident of Franklin Street in Rumford. He was born in Nashua, N.H., on April 24, 1931, the son of Elwin and Gertrude (Lavallee) Knapp and attended schools in Byron and […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wilton: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Public Safety building, 874 Main St. Wednesday Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Policy and […]
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Things that go bump in the night: A look at local ghost stories
While Darcie Rowell wouldn’t call herself a full-on believer in ghosts, she does believe alleged paranormal activity associated with hauntings and spirits isn’t outside the realm of possibility. That is because she and her family had a number of experiences they can’t explain since moving to their home on Paris Hill in South Paris about […]
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Police seek driver who left car in Norway building
NORWAY — Police are looking for the driver who left a 1996 Lincoln Town Car crashed into the showroom of an unoccupied marina on Pennessewassee Lake. Norway Police Chief Rob Federico said police received a call from a Central Maine Power worker who was driving past the building at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. When police […]
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‘Juggle your way to your dreams’
NORWAY — Students at the Rowe Elementary School were told during a school-wide assembly Friday they should always challenge themselves and surround themselves with inspirational people as they aspire higher in life. Amanda Huotari, the Celebration Barn’s artistic director since 2007, told hundreds of students at the school that her experience as a student at Guy […]
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Sunshine is fine for new business
NORWAY — While these guys love “bright, sunshiny days,” they won’t let gray skies keep them down, either. Solar and renewable energy advocates Fred Garbo of Norway and Shawn Kane of Otisfield recently went into business together, launching Garbo-Kane Integrated Solar Builders to help residents of Oxford Hills and beyond harness the power of the sun. […]
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Fish fly: Trout flown to Oxford County ponds
NORWAY — Hundreds of young trout were released from an airplane into six remote ponds in Oxford County this week as part of the state’s annual fall stocking program. In about three hours, hundreds of trout hatched last spring and the spring of 2014 were released from tanks under the airplane’s wings into North Pond and […]
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Norway Country Club golf pro, cook retiring
NORWAY — About 20 years ago Tom Watson – no, not the golf pro – wandered into the Norway Country Club’s pro shop holding a broken tee and asking for a piece of tape. “Who carries only one tee on the golf course?” asked club pro Dave Mazzeo, throwing his head back in laughter. “I gave him a […]