WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening debated whether to pay $22,525 for paving it didn’t authorize, pay for half of it or none of it. Before making a decision, officials will confer with the town attorney. The town hired Bruce A. Manzer Inc. of Anson to pave 3,240 feet of Lakeside Drive, […]
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Woodstock selectmen discuss upcoming bicentennial celebration
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen discussed potential plans for the town’s bicentennial celebration that kicks off Feb. 7, 2015, with a mock town meeting at the fire station. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said a list of ideas for the mock town meeting and the official celebration June 20 and 21, 2015, were presented at […]
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Woodstock board to discuss DEP permit
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussion of the Lake Christopher dam at its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 2. The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the Town Office. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said the Department of Environmental Protection did an inspection of the dam and determined that 300 square feet of 10-inch […]
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Woodstock food pantry seeks help
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock S.D.A. Food Pantry has been serving hundreds of families in need from the communities of West Paris, Woodstock, Bryant Pond, Locke Mills, Greenwood and Sumner for over 20 years. This mission has been growing in numbers for several years now as more and more families are finding themselves in need. The […]
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11-year-old Woodstock girl on the verge of hunting grand-slam
WOODSTOCK — At age 11 Lexi Mack is on the cusp of personal hunting glory some spend a lifetime pursuing. In just her second year of hunting she’s one away — a deer — from the so-called hunting grand slam, which, while many permutations abound, at its core consists of hauling in a deer, moose and bear […]
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River Valley Election Day turnout could best 2010 voter amounts
RUMFORD — Towns from Rumford to Bethel were on track Tuesday to best Election Day turnouts from the last gubernatorial election four years ago, officials said. By 2:19 p.m., Rumford had ballots from more than 1,500 residents, 600 of which were absentee ballots, Selectman and ballot warden Mark Belanger said. With three voting machines running […]
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Fox News host addresses Woodstock Republican Committee
WOODSTOCK — Tucker Carlson, Fox News host and editor-in-chief of TheDailyCaller.com was the guest speaker at an event sponsored by the Woodstock Republican Committee at the Whitman Memorial Library on Aug. 8. During his talk, “What to Expect in Politics,” Carlson spoke about the changing demographics of the voting population, how it will affect elections […]
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Woodstock selectmen donate $100 to Telstar students for soldier care packages
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday evening to donate $100 Telstar Regional Middle/High School students sending care packages to troops overseas. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said the school reached out to towns in SAD 44 to see if they could collectively raise $200 to cover postage for the packages. “I’m interested in […]
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Woodstock selectmen discuss ladder truck, OK memorials policy
WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield informed selectmen Tuesday evening that the Fire Department sold its old ladder truck for $1,912. The board voted in September to allow the department to purchase a $49,900 firetruck from a fire department in Canton, Mass., after discovering the old ladder truck needed repairs to the turntable gears, which […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District trustees, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Public Hearing, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Cemetery meeting, 6 p.m., Town Hall Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commissioners, 9 a.m., Courthouse […]