WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield told the Board of Selectmen at its meeting Tuesday night that the Union Church Committee has recommended the building be removed and the land used for parking and a memorial. “A couple of people were pretty sad that the building will be gone, but everyone agreed that this was […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Bethel Water District Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: […]
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SAD 44 budget approved
BETHEL — SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy said Tuesday night that the five towns in the school district approved a $10.56 million budget by a vote of 611-386. Voting for the budget were Bethel, 295-137; Greenwood, 57-19; and Woodstock, 91-27. Newry voted against the budget 63-72, as did Andover, 105-131. The budget is $192,915 more […]
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Woodstock selectmen vote to approve three-year, $25,300 mowing bid
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to accept a three-year, $25,300 mowing bid from resident Wesley Cox. Cox would be paid $6,900 this year and $9,200 in 2015 and in 2016, for a total of $25,300, board Chairman Victor Young said. Cox would be responsible for mowing town properties and spring […]
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Union Church Committee in Woodstock meets to discuss future of building
WOODSTOCK — The town-appointed Union Church Committee met for the first time Wednesday evening at the building on Andrews Road to discuss its future. Discussion on what to do with the vacant structure began during the annual town meeting March 24. Voters were asked whether to raise and appropriate up to $4,500 to make repairs […]
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Wife hopes to succeed husband as Oxford County Commissioner
OXFORD — Longtime Oxford resident Diane Jackson, 59, has announced she will run for the Oxford County commissioner seat held by her husband, Caldwell “Caldie” Jackson. Caldwell Jackson, the current chairman and a two-term commissioner, is unable to seek re-election due to his position with the state. The announcement sets up a two-way race between […]
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Woodstock residents, veterans hold Memorial Day ceremony
WOODSTOCK — The Bryant Pond Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War hosted a Memorial Day ceremony Monday afternoon in the Grange hall. With dozens of residents filling the chairs and lining the walls of the hall, the ceremony began with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the Mahoosuc Music Makers. Resident Jane […]
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Woodstock selectmen unanimously vote to pay $10,000 DEP fee
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to pay $10,000 to the Department of Environmental Protection to cover an outstanding fee. Work on the Lake Christopher Dam began in 2013, after residents voted to allow the town to raise and appropriate $20,000 to make improvements to the dam’s sluiceway, which Town Manager Vern Maxfield […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday NEWRY: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office PARIS: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse RUMFORD: Board of Assessors, 4 p.m., Municipal Building RUMFORD: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building RUMFORD: Charter Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Building WOODSTOCK: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office WOODSTOCK: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday NEWRY: […]
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Most SAD 44 schools receive higher grades from state
BETHEL — When the Maine Department of Education released its 2014 school report cards last week, SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy said he was pleased to see that a majority of the schools in his district had maintained or improved their grade from the previous year. “We had two of our schools jump two letter […]