Norway police ask for property owners to notify them when buildings are empty or under construction.
A.M. Sheehan
Staff Writer
A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the
Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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Road work notice!
NORWAY — The Norway Police Department has announced that the Maine Dept. of Transportation will be doing milling and paving on Main Street in Norway from Oxford Federal Credit Union to Aubuchon Hardware beginning Thursday, May 2. Drivers may encounter alternating single-lane traffic during daytime hours.
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Let’s do something about it!
To the Editor: I was looking up how many homeless people there are in the U.S and it upset me to learn that there are more than 650,000. I also learned that of those 650,000, some 35,000 of them are veterans. Citizens should write to their Representatives and Senators to see what Congress is doing […]
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A moment to remember
Photos by Geff Inman of Woodstock taken in Eustis.
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Letting nature be the teacher: OES students create their own eclipse
Students around the Hills found ways in the last several weeks to learn why and how the eclipse would happen. These opportunities were not based just on indoor activities, but also outdoor movement-based experiences to help students build a greater understanding of the movement of the sun, moon, and earth. Klaudia MaslowskaAsendorf’s sixth graders […]
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Rebecca Richard joins Franklin Journal staff
FARMINGTON — The Franklin Journal is pleased to welcome Rebecca Richard to its staff of writers. Richard comes to us from the South Portland Sentry and Scarborough Leader where she has worked for the past year. A graduate of University of Maine at Augusta, she holds a degree in liberal studies with a concentration in […]
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Man charged with Buckfield stabbing
BUCKFIELD — On Monday, April 8, at 9:33 p.m., according to Oxford County Sheriff Chief Deputy James Urquhart, Oxford County Deputies, along with Maine State Police and Oxford Police responded to an address on Sodom Road in Buckfield for a report that an adult male had been stabbed by another male subject following a fight. […]
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Learn about Japan’s textile heritage
NORWAY — Travel along as Mary DeLano presents “Threads of Tradition: A Journey Through Japan’s Textile Heritage,” on Thursday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m., at Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main Street, Norway. Before Toyota made cars, it made industrial looms for weaving fabric and still does so today. Japan has a rich textile history that […]
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Pop-rock blues band at Norway’s UU Church
NORWAY — The renowned pop-rock blues band Beyond Reason will perform at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 20, in the Concert Hall of the First Universalist Church of Norway, 479 Main Street, Norway. Admission is $10, with tickets available at the door and at The Tribune, 430 Main Street, Norway. The first half of the evening […]
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A Hidden Gem: The Lovell Historical Society
The Lovell Historical Society is a gem of knowledge and discovery.