RUMFORD — An anonymous New Hampshire land donor’s wishes in 1999 were recently honored by The Nature Conservancy when it sold a 4,632-acre parcel in Rumford, Milton Township and Woodstock to a computer programmer in Long Island, N.Y. Prior to closing the deal in June with Cristian Mata of Concord River Holdings LLC, the conservancy […]
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Craft program WOODSTOCK — The Whitman Memorial Library will offer a craft program for all ages from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 29. The week will feature making mosaics. Beans, seeds, pasta, beads, pebbles and beach glass will be supplied, but crafters may bring their own material if desired. Barn restoration PARIS — The […]
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Neighbors visit Spruce Mountain Wind
WOODSTOCK — Patriot Renewables, the operator of Spruce Mountain Wind in Western Maine, hosted an open house in late September. The third annual open house attracted more than 300 people from Woodstock and surrounding towns. Visitors experienced one of Maine’s wind power projects up close while enjoying the scenic fall foliage of western Maine’s mountains. […]
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Woodstock bows out of passenger rail effort
“I’m very disillusioned with it, quite frankly. It’s not going to come in our lifetime.” With those comments at the last Woodstock selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager Vern Maxfield and the board agreed he should end his role as a member of the Androscoggin Oxford Coos Counties Corridor Committee, which is seeking to return passenger rail […]
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Woodstock voters OK money for boat launch
WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield said voters approved a $1.69 million municipal budget at Monday’s annual town meeting, but the $228,000 increase from last year does not mean a higher tax rate. That’s because of more revenue. The budget includes $90,000 to buy land for a boat launch on North Pond and $85,000 to […]