Norway News

NORWAY a ' Selectmen on Thursday night unanimously appointed former Bethel police Chief Alan Carr as a part-time police officer.

NORWAY a ' A local business has made a significant contribution to the Beth's House Fund.

Hopefully, one year from now, voters will again be asked to consider expanding casino gaming in Maine.

The image of the Opera House clock tower and adjacent buildings are reflected in Pennesseewassee Stream from Pikes Hill Road in Norway.

OXFORD a ' Members of the town Economic Development Advisory Committee lent their support to a renewed effort to bring a resort casino to the town Tuesday, unanimously voting to recommend that the Board of Selectmen support the venture.

NORWAY a ' Halloween is coming to Main Street on Friday, Oct. 30. Children and adults from everywhere are invited to participate in the Norway Halloween Fest from 2 to 5 p.m, said Deb Partridge, Parks and Recreation director.

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Patricia Verrill of the Oxford Hills Food Collaborative prepares produce that is sold each Wednesday at indoor Farmers Market in the Progress Center on Cottage Street in Norway.

NORWAY a ' Selectmen have agreed that Indian Rock should stay at the Lake Pennesseewassee picnic area beside Route 117, even though its authenticity as an ancient corn-grinding site is in doubt.

One thousand pink tulip bulbs went into the ground in Bangor, Lewiston, and Norway as part of a campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer.

NORWAY a ' Two people were arrested on drug trafficking charges Tuesday after months of investigation by the Norway Police Department.

At least two foreign business groups plan to visit Maine to explore wind power investment possibilities, following the governor's trade mission to Spain, Germany and Norway last month.

One of the businessmen who have been exploring a casino proposal for Oxford County has pulled out, though a spokesman for the remaining partners said they're still looking at options and plan to make a final decision this week.

NORWAY a ' The owner of the Gingerbread House on Main Street warned task force members Friday that time is running out to raise the $100,000 necessary to move the building.

Beth Coffin, 24, has spinal muscular atrophy and is living in a home that needs extensive repairs.

The nation is increasingly looking to wind for new power generation and Maine has a role to play, an official with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Wind Technology Center said Tuesday.

A chimney is all that is left standing of the Ken and Margaret Schuler home on Cary Hill Road in Hartford after an early morning fire Sunday.

NORWAY a ' Summer may be over, but fresh, locally grown produce and crafts will still be available when a farmers' market gets under way at the Norway Grange beginning Oct.

Assistant Property Manager Bob Bittenbender, left, volunteer Eric Handley and, on the tractor, Property Management Director Robert Savage at the Maine Audubon Center at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth, which received a $22,000 grant from the Department of Agriculture to assist in ridding the 65-acre property of invasive plants.

PARIS a ' The executive director of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce will give up his position next month to begin work with a chamber where he used to volunteer.