Selectmen Begin Process to Take Over Opera House

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NORWAY - Selectmen directed the town attorney Thursday to draw up papers to take ownership of the damaged and deteriorating Opera House by eminent domain.

The decision came almost two years after the three-story brick landmark on Main Street was flooded when a section of the sagging roof collapsed under the weight of water. Since then, two engineering studies have deemed the structure to be "unsafe to the public and neighboring property." The upper floors have been vacant for decades and engineers found rotted roof supports that had given way.

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Selectmen Begin Process to Take Over Opera House

In June, owner Barry Mazzaglia of Bitim Enterprises in New Hampshire was ordered by Oxford County Superior Court to stabilize the 1894 edifice. A heari...

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