Solar car shines light on alternative energy at OHCHS

SOLAR SPEED — Carolyn Lamb, a junior at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, jets along during a test drive of the solar car designed and built by the high school's green technology class.

Norway CEO issues notice for illegal outhouse

NORWAY — An improperly-installed outhouse on Crockett Ridge Road must be brought up to code within 10 days or the town will place a lien on the property, CEO and plumbing inspector Joelle Corey-Whitman told selectmen at their meeting, May 2. 

Corey-Whitman said she would send a final notice to the owner of the property, Bradley Stuart, to warn him that his current outhouse is in violation of the state's subsurface wastewater rules. 

Oxford sewage system construction to start with south end

OXFORD — The town is expecting major economic development and work on sewage lines and a wastewater treatment facility will begin on the southern end of Route 26 to accommodate it.

Construction of a new, chemical-free wastewater treatment plant near Welchville Village is still awaiting approval by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Town Manager Michael Chammings said at a board of selectmen meeting May 2.

He said because it's the first municipal treatment plant of its kind in Maine, it might take the DEP extra time to approve it.

Country Club Road needs 'turning traffic' sign

NORWAY —  The intersection of Country Club Road and Route 118 is known to cause many car accidents year-round, said Selectman Warren Sessions at the selectmen meeting, May 2.  

Sessions said a number of traffic accidents at the intersection could be eliminated if the town petitioned the state to erect a "caution turning traffic" sign. Sessions said he drives by the golf course at least four times a day and he's personally seen many close calls near the Country Club Road.