NORWAY – Oxford Hills residents are being asked to “talk local” at a forum aimed at finding the good life in the Oxford Hills. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at the Norway Memorial Library on Main Street. It is sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council in conjunction […]
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Norway invited to go to single-sort recycling
NORWAY – Selectmen are expected to decide soon whether they want to continue the current system of sorting recyclable waste or go to no-sort recycling, which is being considered by the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. Selectmen recently received a letter informing them that the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. board voted April 9 to […]
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Reinette L. Taylor
1922 – 2014 AUBURN — Reinette L. Taylor of Norway died April 13 at Clover Health Manor, where she had resided for the past two years. She was 92. She was born in Biddeford on March 1, 1922, to Jerome and Delia St. Ours and resided in Biddeford until moving to Norway in 2007 to […]
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Norway special town meeting to address finances
NORWAY — A special town meeting is set for May 15 to address finances for cleaning up cemeteries, updating the town website and correcting an error in the Recreation Department’s reserve account funding. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the selectmen meeting room. Town Manager David Holt said Monday that voters will […]
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New Pentagon policy seen as boost to New Balance
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts-based New Balance could get a boost worth tens of millions of dollars with a new Pentagon policy providing military recruits with U.S.-made sneakers. New Balance is one of the few shoe manufacturers that meet all federal requirements, said Matt LeBretton, spokesman for the company that manufactures shoes in Lawrence, Boston and […]
Posted inOxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
Safety of Morse Bridge under debate
NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt told selectmen that the Morse Street bridge is safe, although Maine Department of Transportation bridge inspectors have said the substructure is in poor condition. “They’re saying it has a defect,” Holt said Friday of the ongoing difference of opinion between the state’s inspection and the town inspections performed by […]
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Knitting Guild to meet April 30 PARIS — The Western Maine Knitting Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, at the First Congregational Church, East Main Street, to car pool to Doreen Simmons’ home for a tour of the barn and a visit with the sheep. A potluck luncheon will follow the tour. […]
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Tinker Tech: Roberts Farm project testing tech for future farmers
NORWAY — Right now, the farmers at Roberts Farm hydroponics project are doing their best to squash a few bugs — not the kind that ruin your harvest but the kind that keeps your computer from booting up. “It was working fine the other day, and then I installed a new piece,” said Earl Morse, […]
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First Universalist Church of Norway lists May services
NORWAY — The First Universalist Church of Norway will hold the following services. May 4, “Spring Cleaning: A Metaphor for Life,” with Pat Harris. At some point in our lives, we may find ourselves needing to sort through the experiences of a lifetime, trying to make sense of the burdens we carry — real and […]