WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to allow the fire chief and the town manager to spend up to $5,000 to purchase a used vehicle for use by town departments. Fire Chief Kyle Hopps told selectmen the 1996 utility truck the Fire Department was using for transportation had been vandalized. “Someone […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District trustees, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Northern Oxford Solid Waste Board, 5:30 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Rumford: […]
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Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association holding open house
WOODSTOCK — The Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association will host its second open house at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Franklin Grange to appraise and identify gems and minerals. Members with experience in identifying and appraising gems and minerals will be in attendance, President Ken Briggs said. “We have about 130 members […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Woodstock selectmen vote to pay $11,300 paving overage bill
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to pay part of a $22,525 bill for paving that it did not authorize. The town hired Bruce A. Manzer Inc. of Anson to pave 3,240 feet of Lakeside Drive, from Route 26 to the entrance of the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Community Center Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., conference room Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., conference room Wednesday Bethel: Board […]
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Woodstock Historical Society invites WWII vet to speak at Jan. 10 meeting
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Historical Society will meet at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Town Office for a program on military medals. U.S. Navy veteran John Crumpton, 90, of Oxford will speak on the origins of military medals, President Larry Bonney said Wednesday. Crumpton served during World War II. His presentation will take […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Woodstock selectmen discuss residency requirements to serve on board
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to check whether a selectman must live in town year-round. “No, I wouldn’t think so,” Chairman Victor Young said. “I think he’d have to live here for at least six months of the year.” Selectman Stephen Bies raised the question, because in the “next couple of […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Woodstock elementary student completes hunting grand slam
WOODSTOCK — It was improbable from the get-go. In the grand scheme of things, it was never likely that anyone, let alone an 11-year-old girl, would complete Maine’s hunting grand slam. But that’s Lexi Mack — lucky — be it landing a moose permit in just her second year entering the lottery, mastering a muzzleloader […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Woodstock selectmen vote to split cost of paving overage
WOODSTOCK – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to pay for half of a $22,525 bill for paving it didn’t authorize. The town hired Bruce A. Manzer Inc. of Anson to pave 3,240 feet of Lakeside Drive, from Route 26 to the entrance of the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center, […]
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Woodstock library re-invites resident to lead popular sing-along Dec. 11
WOODSTOCK — The Whitman Memorial Library is re-inviting resident Jim Burke to perform Christmas music at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, library trustee Marta Clements said Thursday. Clements said that the library asked Burke to perform Christmas music on his keyboard in 2013, and the event received enough positive feedback to warrant an encore performance […]