WOODSTOCK — The owner of a house that was the subject of a “dangerous building” hearing in Woodstock Tuesday accused selectmen of “selective enforcement” of the town’s property maintenance ordinance. And other attendees at the hearing accused town officials and local newspapers, including The Citizen, of “bullying” the owner of the building in question. Since […]
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Bethel, Woodstock students take field trip to study energy sources
WOODSTOCK — Students from Bethel and Woodstock received a hands-on lesson about wind energy Thursday. Fourth-grade classes from Woodstock Elementary School and Crescent Park School in Bethel were invited on a tour of Patriot Renewables LLC’s wind turbine facility on Spruce Mountain in Woodstock. Tom Carroll, project coordinator for Patriot Renewables, visited with the class […]
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August car crash investigation ongoing
OXFORD — The investigation is continuing into an accident on Route 26 in August that resulted in the death earlier this week of an 8-year-old Bethel boy, Oxford police said Thursday. Jennifer Thurston, 28, of Bethel, and her son Matthew, a student at the Crescent Park Elementary School in Bethel, were injured Aug. 10 when […]
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Woodstock man charged with stealing, burning car
WOODSTOCK — A local man was charged Tuesday with taking a car and setting it on fire. Carl Richard Lang, 21, of 60 Andrews Hill, was arrested on charges of arson, burglary of a motor vehicle, theft and unauthorized use of property. According to a report by Cpl. Justin Brown of the Oxford County Sheriff’s […]
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Conservation workshop set for Woodstock 4-H camp
WOODSTOCK — A program that teaches people and municipalities about conservation and development will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center’s new Lakeside Lodge. The Beginning With Habitat conservation workshop is open to local residents, town officials and landowners. It will be […]
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Fryeburg Fair opens Sunday for eight days
FRYEBURG — Thousands of campers are rolling into the fairgrounds this weekend as the 161st annual Fryeburg Fair gets under way Sunday. “We’re expecting record crowds,” Rachel Andrews Damon, spokeswoman for the fair, said Friday. “We’re expecting excellent weather. Sixteen hundred campers are coming in tomorrow.” Kate Demers, a reservationist at the fairgrounds, said 90 […]
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Woodstock wind turbines will start arriving at Spruce Mountain site Oct. 3
WOODSTOCK — An informational meeting on delivery routes for wind turbines at the Spruce Mountain construction site was held Thursday night at Woodstock Elementary School. Tom Carroll, project coordinator for Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., answered questions from a small crowd of residents. The construction site is off Shagg Pond Road near Concord Pond […]