1983 – 2015 GRAY — Joseph Ryan MacDonald, 32, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, June 20. He was born on Jan. 8, 1983, at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway to Daniel and Sharon MacDonald. He shared a birthday with Elvis Presley, which he thought was special. He graduated from Gray-New Gloucester High School […]
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Silent auction to fund garden lights
NORWAY — The Alan Day Community Garden is asking for help to light the garden by participating in a silent auction this weekend. Light the Garden will feature music, food and a chance to win items ranging from an 18th-century Chippendale shelf to a vacation on Lake Thompson. It will be held from 7:30 to […]
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Claribel M. Holden
1926 – 2015 NORWAY — Claribel May Holden, 88, died Sunday, June 21, at Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation, following a period of failing health. She was born Nov. 25, 1926, in West Paris, the daughter of James Merton and Florence (Rollins) Holden. She attended West Paris schools but attained her GED from Oxford […]
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Ronald Stone Everett
1933 – 2015 OXFORD — Ronald Stone Everett, a lifelong resident of Norway, died Sunday, June 21. He died peacefully in his home in Oxford with his wife and daughter. He was born on April 8, 1933, to Gladys Stone Everett and Philip Marston Everett. Ronald was a proud graduate of Norway High School, Class […]
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James Lamb
1948 – 2015 LEWISTON — James Lamb, 66, of Oxford, died Thursday, June 18, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Norway on December 30, 1948, the son of A. Sayward and Cynthia A. Allen Lamb. He received his degree from Northern Maine Community College at Presque Isle. He had been a draftsman […]
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Claribel M. Holden
1926 – 2015 NORWAY — Claribel May Holden, 88, died Sunday, June 21, at Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation, following a period of failing health. She was born Nov. 25, 1926, in West Paris, the daughter of James Merton and Florence (Rollins) Holden. She attended West Paris schools but attained her GED from Oxford […]
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Tractor trailer hauling stone rolls in Norway, traps driver for 2 hours
NORWAY — Police said an Oxford man escaped serious injury Monday afternoon when his tractor-trailer truck flipped on Crockett Ridge Road and pinned him in the cab for two hours. William Penfold, 53, was transported by ambulance to a hospital after a two-hour ordeal in which emergency crews worked frantically to extricate him from the smashed […]
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Joseph R. MacDonald
1983 – 2015 GRAY — Joseph Ryan MacDonald, 32, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, June 20. He was born on Jan. 8, 1983, at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway to Daniel and Sharon MacDonald. He shared a birthday with Elvis Presley, which he thought was special. He graduated from Gray-New Gloucester High School […]
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Complaints received on Norway fireworks ban
NORWAY — Selectmen said Thursday night they have received complaints about the ban on consumer fireworks approved at last week’s annual town election. The ban was effective June 10 and does not pertain to commercial vendors who have permits to shoot fireworks on special occasions. Earlier this year, Nancy Hohmann of 420 Crockett Ridge Road […]
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Norway first town in Maine to fluoridate its public water, and it shows
NORWAY — If longtime residents in Norway have “good” teeth, they can probably thank voters who, in 1951, agreed to become the state’s guinea pigs for fluoridation. “You can see it with patients who grew up with fluoridated water,” said Dr. Maurice Convoy, a Norway dentist and veteran advocate for the use of fluoride in public […]