BETHEL — The SAD 44 board Monday approved a loan of $1.3 million from Norway Savings Bank for a period of 20 years for energy conservation and air quality improvements at the Telstar Middle/High School complex. Those funds, as well as $1.2 million in district reserve funds, will pay for the project slated to begin […]
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Christmas cantata set for Dec. 14, 15 WOODSTOCK — The annual Christmas cantata of the Woodstock Seventh Day Adventist Church will be held at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, and at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the church, Perkins Valley Road. The cantata will be by Forestdale School students and church children, directed by […]
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New study finds no noise violations from Woodstock wind turbines
After much analysis of new data on the sound generated by the Spruce Mountain Wind turbines, the final judgment may come down to one non-scientific observation. “’Loud’ isn’t a defined term,” said Todd Presson, chief operating officer for Patriot Renewables LLC, the company that built the turbines. “It may be some people are more sensitive. […]
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Wind turbine blades sending false images to weather station
WOODSTOCK — An apparent intense snow squall that appeared on National Weather Service radar maps over Woodstock on Thursday night was nothing more than radar pulse from the weather station in Gray bouncing off wind turbines on Spruce Mountain. Although many in Oxford County saw a brief snow squall late Thursday evening that left a […]
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N. Willard: Wish list for the future
It is sad that all the doom and gloom of Mary Jane Newell’s letter (Nov. 25) is based on fears that are not true. President Obama is a Christian, an American citizen and was raised by a mother and grandparents from Kansas. He is not a Muslim, not a Communist and he works diligently to […]
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Woodstock woman flips truck in Hebron
HEBRON — A Woodstock woman was transported to Stephens Memorial Hospital on Friday after her pickup truck flipped on Route 119. Karla Lowe, 39, skidded on black ice, according to Trooper Kyle Tilsley of the Maine State Police. He said Lowe wasn’t badly injured, but was hospitalized as a cautionary measure. Tilsley said the combination […]
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Telstar renovation project wins by a 2-to-1 vote
BETHEL — Voters in four of the five SAD 44 towns gave the go-ahead for a $2.5 million renovation project at the Telstar Regional Middle/High School during Tuesday’s balloting. The vote was 2,042 to 1,183. Towns voted as follows: Andover, 177 yes, 332 no; Bethel, 999 yes, 397 no; Greenwood, 277 yes, 153 no; Newry, […]
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N. Willard: Standing up to LePage
On Sept. 27, I received a flier from the Harvey Calden State Senate campaign. It claims John F. Kennedy and Ed Muskie would not approve the Democratic platform because it extends legal and social rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and that the right to own firearms is subject to reasonable regulation. It […]
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Correction: Parade of Lights at night
WOODSTOCK — A story Friday on Page B3 of the Oxford Hills and River Valley editions should have said the Parade of Lights in Woodstock will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Firetrucks will begin lining up at 6 p.m. It was a reporting error.
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Woodstock ‘Parade of Lights’ set for Saturday
WOODSTOCK — Firefighters are preparing the second annual Parade of Lights on Saturday evening to raise awareness of fire prevention. Fire Chief Geff Inman said dozens of local fire departments from across Oxford County and as far as away as Berlin, N.H., have been invited to participate in the parade, which will start at 7 […]