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SAD 44 passes 2013-14 budget
BETHEL — Voters in SAD 44 passed a $10,371,000 operating budget Tuesday by a vote of 299-222. They also approved continuing the two-vote process for approving the budget for the next three years. “I’m very pleased to see the budget pass and I’m sure I can speak for the board, too,” Superintendent David Murphy said […]
SAD 44 residents vote on $10,371,000 budget Tuesday
BETHEL — Residents of SAD 44 will go the polls on Tuesday, June 11, to act on a proposed $10.37 million budget for 2013-14. The overwhelming majority of residents from Andover, Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock approved the figure at a meeting May 28. The amount is 3.82 percent more than this year’s budget. “I […]
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AARP chapter meets June 10 PARIS — The Oxford Hills Chapter of AARP will meet on Monday, June 10, at the First Congregational Church on East Main Street, South Paris. Lunch will be served at noon and will feature ham, potato salad and fresh vegetables. The cost is $6.50 and reservations are required by calling […]
SAD 44 residents to vote on budget May 28
BETHEL — Voters in SAD 44 will decide on a school budget at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Helen C. Berry Auditorium of Telstar Regional High School. The $10,271,310 spending plan is $282,041 more than the current fiscal year, Superintendent David Murphy said. Included is $125,000 for teacher retirement. The state Legislature has not yet […]
Dixfield, Woodstock residents graduate from diet, exercise program
WOODSTOCK — Members of the Dixfield and Woodstock Seventh-day Adventist churches gathered Sunday evening for a graduation ceremony, celebrating their completion of a monthlong diet that promoted healthy foods and exercise. Penny Dennison of Mexico, who attends the Dixfield Seventh-day Adventist Church, said members of that church and the Woodstock church at Bryant Pond decided […]
Albany woman speaks at Whitman Memorial Library about horse camp
WOODSTOCK — DiAnne Ward of Albany Township, owner of Deepwood Farm, said that when she was an infant, her first word wasn’t “mama” or “dada,” like most children. “When I was a baby, the first word out of my mouth was ‘horsey,’” Ward said with a smile Wednesday afternoon as she spoke to a small […]
Forest service seeks witnesses to Woodstock woods fire
WOODSTOCK — The cause of a fire that burned across 10 acres in Woodstock this week is still unknown, but the Maine Forest Service believes a “human element” may have been involved and is looking for information from anyone who saw people in the area Wednesday. Kent Nelson of the Maine Forest Service said they […]
Fish barrier training to be offered
OXFORD — A stream crossing and dam inventory to assess fish passage barriers in the Little Androscoggin River watershed will begin in May with a training session for volunteers to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, at Oxford Town Office, 85 Pleasant St. Alex Abbott, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, […]
Beryl ‘Honey-B’ Hall
1938 – 2013 INVERNESS, Fla. — Beryl “Honey-B” Delight Hall, 74, of Woodstock, passed away after a long illness on Wednesday, March 20, at Hospice of Citrus County. She was born in Woodstock on May 14, 1938, the priceless Mother’s Day gift to her mom and dad, Hope Maybell and Bernal Thurlow. Beryl was a […]