Woodstock selectmen Tuesday voted 2-1 to propose to voters the purchase of a new pumper truck for the Fire Department. The $217,000 lease/purchase, if approved at a special Town Meeting, would cost approximately $30,000 a year over six years. The current 1987 truck was recently found to have serious deterioration in its tank and water […]
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Woodstock board approves purchase of new pump truck
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 Tuesday evening to purchase a $217,000 pump truck, pending approval at a special town meeting. The 350-horsepower Freightliner would be built by Midwest Fire Co. in Luverne, Minn., and have a lifetime warranty on the body and tank, and a 10-year warranty on the paint. Town Manager […]
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Woodstock board accepts offer of new flagpole
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to allow the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War to purchase a new flagpole for the town’s monument area. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said the DUV would install the pole. “I think it’s a great idea,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Ron Deegan said. In other […]
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Local residents testify at LD 1082 hearing
“Listening to the testimony, our situations are drastically different.” That was Woodstock Town Manager Vern Maxfield’s take on SAD 44 and SAD 6 at Wednesday’s public hearing on LD 1082 in Augusta, before the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. (For background on the bill see the April 16 Citizen.) The two school districts are […]
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Bryant Pond Universalist Church may change ownership
The Woodstock Historical Society will consider Saturday whether to take ownership of the Bryant Pond Universalist Church building. The church, built in 1852, has not hosted services for about a decade. The property has been owned by the Northern New England District of the Unitarian Universalist Church Association since 1921. The association’s agent, Charlie Boothby, […]
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Woodstock goes back to the drawing board on boat ramp
With hope dimming for a proposed boat ramp site on North Pond, Woodstock selectmen and people interested in pond access met Tuesday to discuss other options. The current access, right off Route 26 in Woodstock, will be closed by the Maine Department of Transportation because it is considered too dangerous. Several people who attended Tuesday’s […]
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Woodstock home gutted by fire
WOODSTOCK — The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that gutted a home on Gore Road on Wednesday night, fire Chief Kyle Hopps said Thursday. The 2½-story home is owned by an out-of-state couple who were not there at the time, he said. “This house was their second […]
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Crews battle blaze in Woodstock
WOODSTOCK — Crews from several towns Wednesday night were battling a house fire on Gore Road. The fire was reported at about 8:30 p.m. and early reports were that the two-and-a-half story house was fully engulfed by flames. Woodstock crews called for help from Greenwood, Bethel, Newry and other towns as they prepared to attack […]
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Woodstock voters approve dog control ordinance at annual town meeting
WOODSTOCK — Voters approved an amendment to the Dog Control Ordinance at the annual town meeting Monday, requiring kennels, rescue shelters or similar facilities applying for a license or permit to notify abutters. After moderator Steve Wight read the question, resident Jane Chandler asked the Board of Selectmen why the town was attempting to institute […]
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Woodstock voters OK increased road maintenance budget at town meeting
WOODSTOCK — Residents voted to raise and appropriate $625,000 for road maintenance at Monday evening’s annual town meeting at Woodstock Elementary School. The amount was $70,000 more than the previous year because of an increase in the winter roads account. Selectmen proposed $175,000 for winter roads for the 2015-16 fiscal year, an increase of $50,000. […]