Woodstock
Stolen dogs, gunfire raise suspicion of dog-fighting ring
WEST PARIS — Last month, Kyle Kilgore returned to his West Paris home after a few hours away to find one of his two dogs missing. Avy, a 2½-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, had been tied up in the front yard of his West Paris home. Her lead appeared to have been severed with bolt cutters. […]
Woodstock Elementary honor roll
WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Elementary School has announced the fourth quarter honor roll and perfect attendance for 2010-11. Grade 4, Ms. Wilson A’s and B’s: Payton Abbott, Joe Dillon, Abby Mink, Bryce Koskela, Elizabeth McLeod, Morgan Prentice and Eli Cowles. Grade 5, Mrs. Prentice All A’s: Duncan Forbes, Blake Rothwell and Russell Cushman. A’s and B’s: […]
Seventh-day Adventist church begins construction
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Seventh-day Adventist Church has broken ground and begun construction on its new church and school building. The building will replace three separate structures that currently house the church, the Forestdale Christian School and the church’s food pantry. The new building, the shell and roof of which is expected to be fully […]
Woodstock man faces sexual assault charges
WOODSTOCK — An 18-year-old man was arraigned Friday on charges he sexually assaulted a minor. Tyler C. Moore, of 212 Curtis Hill Road in Woodstock, pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross sexual assault. He was released on personal recognizance with the condition he have no contact with the alleged victim or any child […]
1850 lifesaving bell now tolls for souls in Bryant Pond church
WOODSTOCK — Ken Hoyt will ring the Bryant Pond Baptist Church bell at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, signaling the start of interim Pastor Cal Fuller’s worship service. Hoyt and others before him have rung the bell every Sunday back to April 8, 1906, the day after the 1850 Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse fog bell was dedicated at […]
Wind power watchers to ‘wait and see’
WOODSTOCK — Leola Ballweber, president of the Friends of Spruce Mountain, said Monday that she and others concerned with the construction of a 10-tower wind farm on Spruce Mountain will “wait and see” what happens next as phase one of the project gets under way. Ballweber was one of about 10 residents who appeared at […]
Woodstock congregation building church
WOODSTOCK — The Seventh-day Adventist Church has begun construction on its new church and school building. The building will replace three structures that house the church, the Forestdale Christian School and the a food pantry, which church officials say is a vital community service that helps feed hundreds of families. The church building was moved […]
Woodstock twister upgraded to F1
WOODSTOCK — The National Weather Service has upgraded Wednesday afternoon’s tornado in Bryant Pond Village from an F0 to an F1 after felled trees were found off Gore Road. Meteorologist Dan St. Jean said Friday by email that while scouting the woods on Thursday afternoon where the tornado was believed to have begun, he found […]
Route 232 resurfacing set for 2012 pending Legislature OK
WOODSTOCK — Temporarily fixing the bone-jarring ride on Route 232 between Woodstock and Rumford is up to the Legislature. But the Maine Department of Transportation won’t put the project out to bid until next year should legislators OK the department’s 2012 Work Plan, Mark Hume, MDOT regional engineer in Dixfield, said Tuesday in Fairfield. However, […]