1922 – 2015 NORWAY — Eleanor A. Maxim, 93, of Norway died Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation. She was born in Sweden on March 20, 1922, the daughter of Ernest N. and Lucie Stearns Abbott. She received her education in South Paris schools, graduating from Paris High School in 1941. […]
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Joan Arlene Lebroke
1941 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Joan Lebroke, 74, of Norway passed at the Maine Veterans’ Home on Monday, Sept. 21, with her family at her side. She had struggled for a number of years with Alzheimer’s, but through it all, her children and her loving husband, Art Lebroke, had been great sources of support […]
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Dogs about town featured on Advent calendar
NORWAY — Teddie and Laddie were gadabouts. From the porch of Fred and Cora Cummings’ Gingerbread House on Main Street to Anne Gibson Cowie’s house on Pleasant Street and the Cummings’ cottage on Goats Island in Lake Pennesseewassee, the two collies were favorites among schoolchildren and others in the first few decades of the 20th century […]
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Norway puts lien on Opera House
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to place a lien on the Norway Opera House to recoup about $110,667 in non-construction costs. The money will be recouped if the 1894 downtown edifice is sold. Norway Savings Bank will be first to be paid if the building is sold. However, next year […]
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Vacant Norway mobile home lost to fire
NORWAY — Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a vacant mobile home at 21 McKay Road late Wednesday night, Fire Chief Dennis Yates said. There were no injuries. Firefighters from Norway, Paris, Oxford and Waterford responded to the 11:12 p.m. call and found the 14- by 72-foot home engulfed in flames. It was about three-quarters collapsed when […]
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Pauline L. Colson
NORWAY — Pauline L. Colson, 99, died Tuesday, Sept. 15, at a Norway health care center, following a long illness. Pauline was born and raised in Carmel, the daughter of Lester and Lura (Palmer) Sprague. She was married to Perley P. Colson, who predeceased her in 1997. Following his death, she moved to South Paris […]
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James I. Richards Sr.
1946 – 2015 NORWAY — James I. Richards Sr., 68, of South Paris, passed away Saturday, Sept. 12, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. James was born in Lewiston on Dec. 3, 1946, a son of Herman E. and Bertha I. (Ellsworth) Richards and attended Oxford schools and Oxford High School. Jim had worked at Pioneer Plastics […]
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Remembering 9/11 in Maine
September 11, 2015 Posted by Official City of Lewiston, Maine on Friday, September 11, 2015 PORTLAND (AP) — With flags at half-staff, many Mainers are marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by giving blood. Firefighters and police also gathered in Portland, where two of the 9/11 hijackers set that fateful day in motion. Fire Chief […]
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Frances C. Partridge
1927 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — After a long, well-lived life, Frances C. Partridge, 88, of Norway passed away peacefully at the Market Square Health Care Center on Monday, Sept. 7, with her family by her side. She was born on June 30, 1927, the daughter of Charles F. and Elizabeth B. Cummings. She attended […]
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Shirley ‘Shirl’ C. Willey
1933 – 2015 LEWISTON — Shirley “Shirl” C. Willey, 81, of Lewiston passed away on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Central Maine Medical Center with his wife by his side. He was born in Mechanic Falls, the son of Elise and Charles Willey and attended local Norway schools before going into the U.S. Marines. He married […]