WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 Tuesday evening to purchase a $217,000 pump truck, pending approval at a special town meeting. The 350-horsepower Freightliner would be built by Midwest Fire Co. in Luverne, Minn., and have a lifetime warranty on the body and tank, and a 10-year warranty on the paint. Town Manager […]
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Woodstock voters approve dog control ordinance at annual town meeting
WOODSTOCK — Voters approved an amendment to the Dog Control Ordinance at the annual town meeting Monday, requiring kennels, rescue shelters or similar facilities applying for a license or permit to notify abutters. After moderator Steve Wight read the question, resident Jane Chandler asked the Board of Selectmen why the town was attempting to institute […]
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Woodstock voters OK increased road maintenance budget at town meeting
WOODSTOCK — Residents voted to raise and appropriate $625,000 for road maintenance at Monday evening’s annual town meeting at Woodstock Elementary School. The amount was $70,000 more than the previous year because of an increase in the winter roads account. Selectmen proposed $175,000 for winter roads for the 2015-16 fiscal year, an increase of $50,000. […]
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Woodstock voting on Dog Control Ordinance
WOODSTOCK — Voters at Monday’s town meeting will decide whether to require dog kennels, rescue shelters or similar facilities applying for a license or a permit to notify abutters. It’s one of 39 articles on the warrant, which will be voted on starting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, in the Woodstock Elementary School multipurpose […]
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Woodstock selectmen say no to buying old state garage
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday not to purchase the old state highway garage on Route 232. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Lorrinda Connelly and Norm Haggan with the Maine Department of Transportation offered the 40- by 80-foot building to the town for $125,000, with several payment options to choose from. The building […]
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MDOT offers to sell old garage to Woodstock
WOODSTOCK — Representatives of the Maine Department of Transportation met with selectmen Tuesday evening and offered to sell the old state highway garage on Route 232 to the town. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Lorrinda Connelly and Norm Haggan told the board the town could have the 40- by 80-foot building for $12,500. “That building […]
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Woodstock’s bicentennial celebration to kick off Feb. 7
WOODSTOCK — The last time the town celebrated a noteworthy anniversary was its sesquicentennial in 1965. Fifty years later, the town is rallying again to celebrate its bicentennial. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said this year’s celebration will be split into two parts, with the first from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the […]
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Woodstock selectmen approve purchase of communal utility vehicle
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to allow the fire chief and the town manager to spend up to $5,000 to purchase a used vehicle for use by town departments. Fire Chief Kyle Hopps told selectmen the 1996 utility truck the Fire Department was using for transportation had been vandalized. “Someone […]
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Woodstock selectmen vote to pay $11,300 paving overage bill
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to pay part of a $22,525 bill for paving that it did not authorize. The town hired Bruce A. Manzer Inc. of Anson to pave 3,240 feet of Lakeside Drive, from Route 26 to the entrance of the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning […]
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Woodstock selectmen vote to split cost of paving overage
WOODSTOCK – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to pay for half of a $22,525 bill for paving it didn’t authorize. The town hired Bruce A. Manzer Inc. of Anson to pave 3,240 feet of Lakeside Drive, from Route 26 to the entrance of the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center, […]