WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to allow fire Chief Kyle Hopps to check out a used ladder truck in Canton, Mass., Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Wednesday. Discussion on the Fire Department’s ladder truck began in early August, after Hopps told selectmen repairs were needed to the turntable gears which allow […]
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Whitman Library announces speaker, new books
BRYANT POND — A group of ladies has made a quilt to raffle in honor of the upcoming 200th birthday of the town of Woodstock in 2015. Tickets are available at the library and at the Town Office. This is a lap quilt featuring scenes representing Maine. Another quilt will be made featuring themes of […]
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Woodstock board considers criteria for veterans’ monument
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday heard arguments about whose names should be inscribed on the town’s new veterans’ monument in front of Whitman Memorial Library. In 2012, residents voted to raise $6,000 to help fund a new monument. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said the current one is filled with names and another […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Assessors, 3 p.m., Assessors’ office Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Mexico: Region 9 School of Applied Technology board, 6 p.m., River Road school Newry: Planning Board, 7 […]
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Missing Woodstock girl found safe in Norway
WOODSTOCK — A Woodstock girl who had been missing since Saturday morning was found safe, according to Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland. McCausland said that 15-year-old Kiiya M. Foster, who had been reported missing on Saturday after she left her guardians’ residence on Koskela Road, was found walking along a street early […]
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Missing Woodstock woman found safe
WOODSTOCK — A Woodstock woman who had been missing since Wednesday has been found safe. An Oxford County communications center dispatcher confirmed Sunday afternoon that the woman had been found, but referred other questions to the sheriff’s office. A telephone message was left with an officer. The Facebook page for Kathleen Zurzolo also was updated […]
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Missing girl believed to be in Lewiston
WOODSTOCK — Police are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl who left her guardian’s home on Saturday. According to Trooper Jason Wing of the Maine State Police, Kiiya M. Foster left her home on Koskela Road around 10:50 a.m. and her current whereabouts are unknown. According to Wing, Foster is believed to be in no […]
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Police search for missing Woodstock woman
WOODSTOCK — Police are asking for the public’s help locating a woman who has been missing since Wednesday. Oxford County Sheriff’s Office deputies identified the woman as 53-year-old Woodstock resident Kathleen C. Zurzolo, who reportedly disappeared from her home Wednesday afternoon. Extensive searches around her rural home have not produced any leads, and Zurzolo does not own […]
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Woodstock Fire Department receives $10,000 grant
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Fire Department received a $10,000 grant to purchase two devices that will allow firefighters to tap into remote water supplies. Fire Chief Kyle Hopps told the board Tuesday evening that the money from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation will allow him to buy two TurboDraft Fire Eductors. “Compared to what […]
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Woodstock voters OK $50,000 for possible overdrafts
WOODSTOCK — Residents unanimously voted Tuesday evening to raise and appropriate $20,000 to cover anticipated overdrafts in the Equipment Account. Prior to the special town meeting at the Woodstock Town Office, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said two Public Works department trucks need major repairs because of the harsh winter. The sum of $12,500 will be […]