PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 249 calls from June 8 to 16, including the following. * At 8:57 a.m. June 16, Deputy Danielle Welch responded to a complaint about a farmer on Jim Warren Road in Buckfield whose pigs keep escaping from their pens. Welch said she issued the owner a […]
Woodstock
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DEP commissioner meets with Woodstock board about dam
Woodstock selectmen Tuesday voiced their frustrations to Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Patricia Aho over how the town was treated regarding the reconstruction of the Lake Christopher dam two years ago. Aho attended the meeting after Town Manager Vern Maxfield wrote a letter to her in March. Two years ago, after the town was […]
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Woodstock bicentennial celebration Saturday
WOODSTOCK — The town will continue its bicentennial celebration Saturday, June 20, with a parade, artifacts display, flower contest and fireworks. Preparations for the 200th birthday party are some of “the biggest things the town has ever done,” Town Manager Vern Maxfield said. “It was a real challenge to get this thing up and running, […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 192 calls for service from June 1 to 8. Among them were: * At 11:39 p.m. June 7, Deputy Richard Murray received information from an Ossipee Trail address about a possible gross sexual assault that occurred in Porter. * At 10:49 p.m. June 7, a Washburn […]
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SAD 44 voters approve $10.6 million budget
BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 Superintendent David Murphy said all four towns passed the $10.6 million budget Tuesday. Murphy said the spending plan for 2015-16, which is $97,097 more than 2014-15, was approved by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The result was a 271-137 vote. Bethel’s vote was 167-89; Greenwood’s, 23-8; Newry’s, 37-26; and Woodstock’s, […]
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Joseph W. Stowell
1932 – 2015 WOODSTOCK — Joseph W. Stowell, 82, of Woodstock, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, June 2, at his home in Woodstock. He was born on Dec. 27, 1932, in Harlem of New York City, a son of Charles and Irene Stowell. He graduated from New Jersey schools and pursued a career in printing. On Feb. […]
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Woodstock selectmen task fire chief with reviewing status of 1948 firetruck
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen tasked Woodstock fire Chief Kyle Hopps with making a list of items that need to be repaired on the town’s 1948 firetruck during Tuesday evening’s meeting at the Town Office. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said the town was hoping to include the 1948 Ford firetruck in the town’s bicentennial […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 198 calls from May 26 to June 1. Among them were: * At about 11 p.m. May 30, Deputy Nathan Bowie and Paris police officer William Grover responded to a domestic disturbance on Stearns Hill Road in West Paris. On arrival, Bowie said family members told […]
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Woodstock selectmen approve pole shed renovation bids
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to accept a series of bids that will allow them to proceed with renovating a pole shed to make it more secure. Townspeople voted at a May 19 special town meeting to raise and appropriate $18,000 to close the front of the pole shed, install four […]
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FIRE ON BUCK’S LEDGE
Area fire departments and the Maine Forest Service battled a blaze on Moody Mountain/Buck’s Ledge in Woodstock late Wednesday afternoon and evening. Penny Savage took this photo of firefighters from next to North Pond.