NORWAY — The Planning Board voted 4-0 Thursday to allow an Oxford resident to construct a private health club and fitness center on Aldrich Avenue. Jesse Wall has owned and operated TruStrength Athletics on Route 26 in Oxford since 2008. He told planners that TruStrength Athletics is “not like your normal health club.” “When I first […]
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Hearings set on Norway marijuana, health club businesses
NORWAY — Public hearings on proposals for a medical marijuana growing operation at 12 King St. and a private health club and fitness training center on Aldrich Avenue are set for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Town Office. The Planning Board voted unanimously April 27 to approve a site-plan review application for Matt New of […]
Norway pot-growing operation approved
NORWAY — The Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday evening to approve the completed application to use a building at 12 King St. to grow and dispense medical marijuana. Matt New of Auburn, who owns a similar operation in Turner, plans to lease the former meat-processing plant for the operation. He plans to lease the basement, […]
Maine’s largest Christmas parade draws crowds from Norway to Paris
PARIS — Maine’s largest Christmas parade from Norway through Paris brought hundreds of people of all ages to line Main Street for more than two hours Saturday. They braved temperatures in the low to mid 20s under a mostly clear sky. Many floats cleverly depicted “The Night Before Christmas” theme during the Oxford Hills Chamber […]
South Paris team wins North American Wife Carrying Championship
NEWRY — Redemption. Four years of second- and third-place finishes in the North American Wife Carrying Championship were wiped away Saturday when Jesse Wall and Christina Arsenault won first place at Sunday River Ski Resort. “Thank God! Finally!” Wall yelled after getting up off the ground. Carrying Arsenault upside down on his back, her legs […]