Norway Advertiser Democrat

Norway Advertiser Democrat is a newspaper in Norway, Maine, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

The newspaper is published once a week on Thursday.

The Advertiser Democrat traces its roots to the founding of the Oxford Observer by Asa Barton on July 8, 1824. In 1829, Barton sold the paper to William Goodnow, who rechristened it The Politician in 1832 and moved it to Portland, Maine. Asa Barton started a second newspaper, The Oxford Oracle, in 1833. After just seven issues, he sold the newspaper to George W. Millett, of Norway, and Octavious King, of Paris, Maine. Millett and King changed the name of their newspaper to the Oxford Democrat and moved it back to Paris Hill. In 1839, Millett took over as sole owner, by which time the newspaper had returned to Norway. A decade later, fire destroyed the Democrat's printing offices and the following year, 1850, Millett sold the paper to George L. Mellen & Co. After several more ownership changes, the Democrat was moved to South Paris, Maine in 1907 by its then-current owners, George Atwood and Arthur Forbes. In 1933, Forbes sold out to Fred W. Sanborn, owner and publisher of the Norway Advertiser. The merged papers were called the Advertiser Democrat. On July 22, 1976, the newspaper was sold to Howard James. James sold the newspaper to the Costello Family, publishers of the daily Lewiston Sun Journal in June, 2005.

Circulation: 6,250 copies

This newspaper is owned by The Oxford Group.

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