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 library re-invites resident to lead popular sing-along Dec. 11
WOODSTOCK — The Whitman Memorial Library is re-inviting resident Jim Burke to perform Christmas music at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, library trustee Marta Clements said Thursday. Clements said that the library asked Burke to perform Christmas music on his keyboard in 2013, and the event received enough positive feedback to warrant an encore performance […]
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Locke Mills resident speaks about home-made wooden toys, gadgets at Whitman Library
WOODSTOCK — When Hugh “Cubby” Swan was two years old, his father passed away and left behind a series of wooden, hand-crafted toys in the shape of popular cartoon characters. There were wooden replicas of Popeye and Olive Oil, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck. “I don’t remember my dad at all, but I […]
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Ex-FBI agent drawn to career by fliers of criminals
WOODSTOCK — Jack Richardson’s collection of FBI fliers as a boy led to a 20-year career chasing criminals and checking the backgrounds of high-level government employees, he told listeners Thursday at the Whitman Memorial Library. “When I was young, and my parents owned an inn in New Hampshire, we would receive fliers from the FBI […]
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Former FBI agent speaking at Woodstock library
WOODSTOCK — A former FBI agent will speak about his years of service at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the Whitman Memorial Library. Library trustee Marta Clements said Jack Richardson of Paris will talk about what it was like working for the agency. “He worked for the FBI for many years, so it should […]
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Juggling brothers to perform at Whitman Memorial Library
WOODSTOCK — The Whitman Memorial Library will host Shane and Collin Miclon of Buckfield for a juggling program at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. Library board member Marta Clements said she was able to get the brothers to perform at the library due to “connections.” “I’ve been good friends with their grandmother for a long […]