NEWRY — Newry resident Jim Sysko was attending the University of Alberta when he received notice he had been drafted into the U.S. Army. It was the winter of 1967. He had transferred from Northeastern University to get away from the city life of Boston. Sysko had a student deferment while he was studying at […]
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Veterans Day Observances
GREENWOOD—Veterans Day ceremonies will take place on Monday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at American Legion Jackson-Silver Post 68 in Locke Mills. The program is as follows: Posting the Colors in place; National Anthem; Pledge of Allegiance; Opening prayer by Post Chaplain; Adjutant Veterans Day Address – Commander Harry G. Orcutt; Bell ringing at 1100 […]
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Voters reject $2.4M bus garage
The votes in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock totaled 805-286.
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A look at next week’s votes
REGION — Election Day, Nov. 5, offers several issues for Bethel-area voters to consider, depending on the town in which they reside. There will be a district-wide referendum vote on a proposed $2.4 million new SAD 44 bus garage. The School Board voted narrowly 8-6 in August in favor of holding a referendum, and the […]
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Open house Friday and Saturday
BETHEL — An open house will take place at the current SAD 44 bus garage on Friday, Nov. 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10 to noon. Superintendent Dave Murphy hopes this will allow people to visit the facility and see its current condition before the Nov. 5 referendum […]
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Man in the mirror
REGION — The year was either 1984 or 1985, Rumford resident Sootie Cross Gauvin recalled. It was a summer night and Gauvin was staying at her family farm alone. Her husband was away on work. It had just turned dark and Gauvin was getting ready to leave the bathroom Gauvin when something in the mirror […]
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Murphy named Superintendent of the Year
The chief administrator for SAD 44 called the honor ‘humbling.’
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Woodstock special town meeting on old town garage
WOODSTOCK — Woodstock selectmen have called a special Town Meeting for Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. at the Woodstock Town Office to ask voters to transfer land abutting the former old town garage to the current owner of the old town garage, Tucker Carlson. In March Woodstock voted to sell the former old town […]
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The rise and fall of ‘Greenwood City’
Although many locals still call it “Greenwood City,” the area is now just an intersection, but in its heyday, it had a lot going on.