WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to ask voters to decide in March whether to buy the Maine Department of Transporation’s former highway garage for $65,000. Early this year, Lorrinda Connelly and Norm Haggan of the MDOT offered the 40- by 80-foot building to the town for $125,000. The building hasn’t been […]
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SAD 44 gets grants for training, equipment
BETHEL — SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy told the board of directors Monday evening that the district received three grants totaling nearly $15,000. Murphy said that the first is a state planning grant to “assist us in funding effectiveness training.” “As you know, we’re also getting money from the TIF 4 grant, which is a […]
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Locals raise concerns over Riley Township logging plan
BETHEL — A planned logging operation in the Bull Branch Brook area of the state-owned Mahoosuc Public Reserved Lands Unit in Riley Township is drawing local criticism for potentially impacting old trees and wild land recreation. The unit, together with Grafton Notch State Park and conservation easement lands, totals about 45,000 acres. The Bureau of […]
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River Valley area veterans invited to Mountain Valley Middle School event on Nov. 11
RUMFORD — The Napoleon-Ouellette American Legion Post 24 and Robert Shand Veterans of Foreign War Post 1641 are joining forces for a Veterans Day program at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Mountain Valley Middle School auditorium. VFW Post Commander Edward J. Roach Jr. said he and American Legion Post Commander Marcel Martineau organized the […]
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Woodstock board declines to accept MDOT counteroffer on old highway garage
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday declined an offer from the Maine Department of Transportation to buy the old state highway garage on Route 232 for $120,000. Early this year, Lorrinda Connelly and Norm Haggan with the MDOT offered the 40- by 80-foot building to the town for $125,000. The building hasn’t been […]
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Maine State Trooper discusses drug ‘epidemic’ with Woodstock selectmen
WOODSTOCK — Maine State Trooper Jason Wing visited the Board of Selectmen Tuesday evening to discuss Maine’s ongoing drug epidemic and how Woodstock can help hinder the flow of drugs throughout Western Maine. Wing said that saying there is a drug problem in Maine “is an understatement,” and that the problem “wasn’t so much a […]
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11 apply for Newry administrator job
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen is accepting applications for town administrator until noon Monday, Nov. 16. Town Administrator Loretta Powers told selectmen Monday evening that she has received 11 applications. “We have one person from Arizona, another from Utah,” Powers told the board. “We have people from a variety of locations.” Powers, who has […]
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Newry board to wait until March town meeting to approve budget overages
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed Monday evening to wait until their annual town meeting in March to approve several budget overages from the last few months. Town Administrator Loretta Powers said that several of the town’s departments had overages in certain categories, including the Fire Department, which overdrew its equipment account. “I […]
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$5,000 reward for information on injured Newry puppy
BETHEL — A month after a 6-month-old puppy was found abandoned in Newry with his muzzle bound and severely damaged, the Humane Society of the United States announced it will offer a reward of up to $5,000 for the identification, arrest and conviction of those responsible. On Oct. 2, Newry Animal Control Officer Sue Milligan […]
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Newry board to discuss Mountain Explorer Committee, budget at Nov. 2 meeting
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussion on whether or not to add more representation on the Mountain Explorer Committee at their Monday, Nov. 2 meeting. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. at the Newry Town Office. At the board’s Oct. 20 meeting, Sandra Buchanan of Western Maine Transportation Services met with selectmen […]