BETHEL — Saturday, Oct. 17, Steam Mill Brewery on Mechanic Street will officially reopen at noon under partial new ownership. There will be a soft opening on October 16 from 4 to 8 p.m. On October first, Albany resident James Kimball officially bought previous owner Brent Angevine’s fifty percent share of the brewery. Angevine, along […]
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COVID response group hands reins to AFCI
REGION — Organizers of the Bethel Area Neighborhood Response team, formed in March to help families impacted by COVID-19, have decided to disband the volunteer group and join forces with the Age Friendly Community Initiative. When COVID-19 hit hard and fast back in March, the greater Bethel area proved more than prepared to handle the […]
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Woodstock referendum on marijuana storefronts set
WOODSTOCK — A referendum on enacting a moratorium on medical marijuana caregiver storefronts will be held on Tuesday Nov. 3, coinciding with the general election. The referendum will give the town additional time to draft a marijuana ordinance, which would then be voted on at its annual town meeting in March 2021. On […]
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Greenwood to vote at town office this year
GREENWOOD — Town Manager Kim Sparks said the town was officially approved to hold this year’s election voting at the town office instead of the town legion hall. The move comes after concerns of mold in the legion hall. Selectman Norman Milliard asked if poll workers would be in the same room as voters. Sparks […]
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Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen visits Bethel
BETHEL — Libertarian candidate for president, Jo Jorgensen, made the last of her three stops in Bethel Saturday evening, addressing a crowd of about 60 people on the Bethel common. Jorgensen spoke and answered questions from the crowd for roughly 45 minutes. Jorgensen spent a few minutes giving opening remarks before fielding questions from the […]
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Bethel discusses meeting frequency
BETHEL — Selectmen Monday, revisited holding two select board meetings per month. Select Woman Lori Swain said she didn’t think having two meetings was necessary at the moment. Selectman Pete Southam asked if any significant agenda items were planned for the next meeting on October 9. Town Manager Loretta Powers said discussion on the ordinance […]
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Principals laud staff, students for safe beginning
REGION — At last week’s school board meeting, directors heard from Jaime Gilman, who had questions regarding Oxford County’s recent designation as yellow. The county had been green until a recent spike in COVID-19 caused the change in classification. Gilman wondered if the district was planning to change anything about its current hybrid-learning model given […]
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Liquor, marijuana sales hearings move quickly
WEST PARIS — Public hearings on liquor sales and marijuana ordinances generated little discussion from residents last Thursday, with both hearings wrapping up in under 10 minutes. Fewer than 15 people attended the hearings. The town will vote on two questions regarding liquor sales and eight questions on marijuana. Four of the questions focus on […]
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Board of Selectmen meetings: Bethel, Greenwood
REGION — Greenwood Selectmen approved appointing resident Tammala Goodwin to the SAD 44 Board of Directors as an interim. Goodwin takes the place of member Chasity Lake, who recently resigned from the board Lake was re-elected to the board in June for a three-year term, but recently announced she may be relocating outside of Greenwood. […]
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Woodstock fisherman, 104, keeps memories alive through decades-old notebooks
Leroy “Roy” Day began recording his expeditions after returning from World War II.