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Eight SAD 44 teachers receive national certification

BETHEL — Eight teachers from School Administrative District 44 recently received accreditation from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Superintendent David Murphy called it “a very significant accomplishment.” “It is an intense, multiyear effort that involves a great deal of self-critique and personal growth,” Murphy said. “Their recognition is a tribute to their own […]

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Woodstock students hatch, release Atlantic salmon

Philip Catanese, left, University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond, helps a Woodstock Elementary School student test the water temperature, pH level and dissolved oxygen in the Androscoggin River. The student and her classmates released Atlantic salmon into the Androscoggin River on May 17. In February the school received around 200 […]

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Woodstock School fifth-graders release 151 salmon fry into Mexico river

MEXICO — Four years ago, Woodstock Elementary School teacher Tonya Prentice and her fifth-grade class began raising endangered Atlantic salmon from eggs. In the spring, they took a field trip to the Mexico Recreation Park and released the fry into the Swift River, hoping the fish would survive and make the short swim to the […]

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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 […]