NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library has announced the following recent acquisitions. Fiction: Elizabeth Adler, Last to Know; Ace Atkins, The Forsaken; Marie-Helene Bertino, 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas; Amy Bloom, Lucky Us; Charles Cumming, A Colder War; Hannah Dennison, Murder at Honeychurch Hall; Judith Frank, All I Love and Know; Julie Garwood, Fast Track; […]
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Health fair promises something for every family member
PARIS — There’s not much better than a happy and healthy family. And that’s what the annual Health and Happiness Fair for the Whole Family promises. The event, sponsored by Richard Bader Physical Therapy, SAPARS (Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services, formerly known as REACH) and Safe Voices, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, […]
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Maxfield appointed Norway’s new sealer of weights and measures
NORWAY — When Vern Maxfield was a teenager working at a gas station, he would look at the weights and sealer sticker on the tank and think, “That might be a fun thing to do sometime.” Now some 45 years later, he will get a chance following his appointment last week as Norway’s new sealer […]
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Bishop, community to celebrate 100th anniversary of St. Catherine of Sienna on Oct. 18
NORWAY — Canonically established in 1914, St. Catherine of Sienna Church will welcome former priests and parishioners to celebrate the church’s 100th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 18. Bishop Robert P. Deeley will celebrate a special Mass at the church, at 32 Paris St., starting at 4 p.m. Many priests with ties to the church will […]
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Harvest supper at Alder River Grange BETHEL — A harvest supper will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Alder River Grange, 1895 Intervale Road. Cost is $8 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Lewiston Bridge Club winners LEWISTON — The Lewiston Bridge Club winners at the Lewiston Armory on […]
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Future of Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. uncertain
NORWAY — As two more towns prepare to leave the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. for single-stream recycling, the plant manager and board members wonder if the corporation will have to be dissolved. “If enough (towns) leave, it will be no longer cost effective to handle multisort the way it does,” Stephen Bies, chairman of […]
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Norway, Paris agencies among food grant recipients
PORTLAND — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Maine Sunday Telegram and SOURCE announced 12 recipients of the $100,000 Maine Local Foods grants program. The grants program, launched in April, was designed to support nonprofit local food distribution organizations in Maine — including farmer’s markets, food pantries, community co-ops, statewide or regional farm-to-school programs, community […]
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Talk: ‘Commercial-Free Childhood’ FREEPORT — Dr. Susan Linn, director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will give a public talk titled “The Gift of a Commercial-Free Childhood,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Merriconeag Waldorf School’s Community Hall, 57 Desert Road. Donations will be accepted […]