After funding Northstar, a five-year experiential learning program for a cohort of students in Bethel in 2022, Norway Savings is now paying for its first expansion into Oxford Hills schools.
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Ice Fishers are huddled happily on Woodstock’s Bryant Pond
Kyle Locklin, 21, said he and his father have been ice fishing on Woodstock’s Bryant Pond for as long as he can remember.
Oxford County free digital navigation program expands to Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — The Zadoc Long Free Library is the latest location to add digital navigation tech help services to its regular schedule, bringing the total to 11 available locations in Oxford County. After a trial drop-in session with Digital Navigator Jim Whitman, Library Director Kathy Hladik put tech help on the weekly calendar, saying the […]
Women’s Winter Skills Weekend offered Feb. 7-9 in Bryant Pond
The weekend will include workshops and hands-on activities.
Woodstock students have ‘Mountain Day’ at Buck’s Ledge
WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Elementary students recently took advantage of access to Buck’s Ledge Community Forest by climbing the ledge during a “Mountain Day.” All the students were bused to the Buck’s Ledge Community Forest parking lot in Bryant Pond, according to Woodstock Conservation Commission President Jane Chandler. The kindergarten and first grade students took a […]
Woodstock board approves banners, sign
In the coming months, Bryant Pond Village will likely be adorned with holiday banners and a new digital sign, thanks to approval last week by the Woodstock selectmen. The town has leftover funds and utility pole sign brackets from its bicentennial celebration in 2015. Town Manager Vern Maxfield last week suggested both be used to […]
High Tunnels Training Series to be offered in Oxford County
The Cooperative Extension in Oxford County is set to offer a High Tunnels Training Series in October. The workshop series is designed to introduce farmers, gardeners and agricultural enthusiasts to the fundamentals of high tunnel production. A high tunnel, also known as a hoop greenhouse or hoophouse, can be an invaluable tool for growing in […]
Testing results refute rumors of Bryant Pond spring contamination
The spring’s caretaker said he has found no evidence of contamination.
Former Gould Academy student on MIT Doya team that placed second
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Peyton Meader, part of the MIT Doya team, was recently quoted in MITNews, a publication by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Peyton was a Gould Academy student in Bethel and is a second-year chemical engineering major at MIT. Excerpts from the story are below. Earlier this year, MIT’s First Nations Launch team […]