Zach and Sam Hartzell are RideSource mechanics and drivers, who keep SADD-44 and other area busses safe for schoolchildren.
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County error leads to shortfall in Woodstock tax share
WOODSTOCK — Because of a county error in calculating the town’s share of Oxford County taxes, Woodstock selectmen, last week, voted to take funds from the town’s overlay account to cover a shortfall in what the town owes. The original county assessment to Woodstock of $279,702 had to be increased by $13,512, according to Town Manager […]
Fox may not want Tucker Carlson, but Bryant Pond does
The former Fox News TV show host ‘is just regular, old folk’ to people around town.
Robert McQueeney, Jr. runs unopposed in Woodstock
He has filed nomination papers as the sole candidate for the open selectman position being vacated by Shawn Coffin.
Woodstock board approves broadband funds
A local committee is seeking to upgrade internet service for several Bethel area towns.
Woodstock eyes recreational marijuana, MUBEC adoption
WOODSTOCK — Woodstock selectmen are pondering a request for a recreational marijuana ordinance, and are also mulling whether the town should adopt the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC). At a meeting earlier this month, resident Chandler Simpkins asked the board to consider a recreational marijuana ordinance that would allow growing and wholesale selling, […]
Woodstock ponders Perkins Valley road issue
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock selectmen last week heard concerns about the effect of the use of the Perkins Valley Road to detour traffic from Route 26 during emergencies. Fire Chief Kyle Hopps said the town road “gets beat up every time you put traffic up it,” noting it happens three or four times a year. Most of the […]
APL to screen ‘Taking Woodstock’ as part of festival’s 50th anniversary
AUBURN — This summer the Auburn Public Library will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock with a film that tells the event from a lesser known participant. The library will show the film “Taking Woodstock” at noon Wednesday, June 19, showing in the Androscoggin Room. The film is about Elliot Teichberg, the kid who truly […]
Woodstock public hearing on food, accident ordinances March 12
Voters will consider a local food ordinance and an accident expense recovery ordinance at the annual Town Meeting.
Original Woodstock site to host 50th anniversary concert
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — A three-day music festival will be held in August 2019 at the original Woodstock concert site to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic event. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a concert venue built on the original Woodstock site, announced Thursday that it will host the golden anniversary event […]