Business and labor groups line up behind the changes, while activists say the changes could strip control over projects from local residents.
2020
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Steuben man sentenced to one year for killing Franky the pug
Justin Chipman intends to appeal his conviction in the shooting of a Winter Harbor man’s dog.
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Bryant’s Market was a prominent place
The lot currently occupied by the vacant KeyBank building was a hot spot for meat shoppers back in the day.
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Holiday meal program underscores food insecurity
Save a Lot, with its customers and Moss Brook Church teamed up for the fourth year on Bags for a Brighter Holiday, a program that brings bags of pantry staples and meals to local residents during the Christmas season.
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Marcel Polak … at one with the land
WOODSTOCK — “It was one of the greatest accomplishments of my life,” Woodstock resident Marcel Polak said of section hiking a a part of the Appalachian Trail. The avid hiker started from South Kinsman Mountain in New Hampshire and hiked to the trail’s end at Mount Katahdin. With his wife Emily, he’s climbed all 62 […]
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Wake up!
To the Editor: I write this letter as a conservative father, grandfather, Vietnam era veteran, and tax payer that’s sick and tired of those saying President Trump is crazy, racially prejudiced, etc. in this and other local papers. Granted, the man is no saint, yet his many accomplishments despite constant Democratic party and their media’s […]
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Trump the genius
To the Editor: Trump’s self proclamation that he is an unparalleled genius is somewhat ambiguous but at the same time deserves some degree of merit, for Trump is indeed an unparalleled genius at the art of immaculate deception. Trump once claimed that he sent his investigators to Hawaii to find proof that Barak Obama was […]
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Thank You to the Bethel Region
To the Editor: On behalf of the Rotary Club of Bethel, I would like to thank all the many people in our region who supported our fall and pre-holiday events and programs: our Fall Country Breakfast, our Annual Senior Luncheon, our holiday food boxes and our Christmas for Children program. The generosity of our businesses, […]
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Sports
Mountain Valley Rec Men’s Basketball League Archies, Inc Undefeated in MVRBL: Archies (6-0) made easy work of Ballers (0-6), dumping the young group, 89-61. Ryan Baillargeon hit 6 threes and totaled 32 points to lead the winners. Craig Derouch added 16 points, Owen Jones 13 and Glen Dubois 10 to support the cause. Ballers was led […]
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Briefs
Luncheon WATERFORD — Waterford Sports & Recreation will be hosting a community luncheon on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Wilkins House on Plummer Hill Road. The lunch starts at 12 p.m. followed by dessert and bingo with prizes ending at 2 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $3 per person.