WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday that the town’s insurance company recommended installing a firewall in the Maine Department of Transportation garage the town is seeking to purchase. Residents will vote whether to buy the 40- by 80-foot building for $65,000 to store extra vehicles and possibly house […]
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Woodstock board continues to review proposed budget for 2016-17 fiscal year
WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield told selectmen Tuesday night that it will cost $23,900 to fix the Whitman Memorial Library roof and to install a new heating system in the Town Office. He told Selectmen Stephen Bies and Mike Nadeau that he’s proposing budgeting $24,000 for the property management account to cover the expense. “It […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: RSU 10 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Dirigo High School Dixfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Park Commission, 5 p.m., […]
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Snowshoe trek planned in Bethel
BETHEL – The Mahoosuc Land Trust and Western Mountains Senior College are teaming up for a snowshoe trek from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 13, on North Road. It’s part of a Great Maine Outdoor Weekend celebration. Land trust member Jolan Ippolito said Rick Churchill, a horticulture consultant and founder and chairman of Southern […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills
Car slides on side on South Pond in Greenwood on Friday
GREENWOOD — At 12:23 p.m. Friday a vehicle was reported off the road and on its side on South Pond, just off the road, at 379 Greenwood Road. According to dispatch radio traffic, the driver has been removed from the vehicle with no injuries, just shaken up. Both Greenwood and Woodstock fire departments responded and cold-water […]
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SAD 44 withdrawal, security system on Newry agenda
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday will discuss drafting a letter to School Administrative District 44 directors about possibly stopping the process of leaving the district. The board will meet at 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Town Office. Residents voted in September 2014 to authorize the Withdrawal Committee to appropriate $50,000 from […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Jay: Selectmen and Budget Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Library Trustees, 3 p.m., Public Library Tuesday […]
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Newry board votes to lobby for school funding change
NEWRY — Selectmen voted unanimously recently to have board member Jim Largess meet with managers of other SAD 44 towns to discuss changing the local school funding formula. At the school board meeting Monday, Jan. 25, Largess’ wife, Bonnie, who is on the school board, is expected to ask the board to consider starting a […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Heart rhythms is topic of Bethel lecture
BETHEL — A lecture titled “Understanding Your Heart Rhythm” will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the West Parish Congregational Church. It is part of the To Your Health program of the Western Mountains Senior College and held in collaboration with the Bethel Family Health Center and School Administrative District […]
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Woodstock manager seeks money for revaluations
WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening that he plans to apply for a grant to help Woodstock, Greenwood and Andover pay for a revaluation. Maxfield said Wednesday morning that the grant, which is offered through the Maine Department of Administration and Financial Services, is given to “any […]