BERLIN, NH — Androscoggin Valley Hospital (AVH) has learned that one of our employees tested positive for Coronavirus earlier this week. This team member is quarantined at home and the necessary steps to reduce any risks to others were implemented immediately and will continue to be administered. All protocol and guidelines of the Centers for […]

This column has talked about this before: taxpayers, parents, and, indeed, students need to know more about our schools. In what areas do they excel? Where are they weak? The Maine Department of Education crunches and compares data, and publishes the results online. It summarizes school performance by looking at English, Maths, Absenteeism and Graduation […]

When I first moved to the mountains almost 40 years ago I was entranced by the beautiful Northern White Cedars that seemed to grow in such abundance here. On my property I have a number of these magnificent bell shaped trees with their fan-like fronds and clusters of budded green or brown cones that are […]

WOODSTOCK — Voters will decide on referendum day, July 14, whether to authorize the operation of medical marijuana registered caregiver retail stores within the town, provided they operate in compliance with all applicable state and local requirements. They will also decide whether to authorize the state to issue licenses for the sale of malt liquor […]

WOODSTOCK — About 50 voters turned out for Woodstock’s unique outdoor annual town meeting Monday, approving the formation of a committee to study the feasibility of creating a community forest with the Buck’s Ledge property. They also approved the relocation of a ball field, the purchase of a highway truck and the replacement of the […]

WOODSTOCK — Among the warrant articles Woodstock voters will consider Monday at their annual town meeting are a proposal to form a committee to explore the feasibility of creating a community forest with the Buck’s Ledge property, the purchase of a plow truck, the relocation of a ball field, the repair of a bridge and […]

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock selectmen Tuesday set June 22 as the date for the annual town meeting. It will start at 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Town Office, with attendees staying in their cars drive-in style.  Communication will be via two-way radios, with selectmen seated on a trailer next to the office building. […]

BETHEL/NEWRY—The Telstar High School Class of 2020 will graduate Friday evening, June 5. Thirty-nine seniors will receive their diplomas in a ceremony that begins at 7 p.m. outside South Ridge Lodge at Sunday River Resort. The change of venue from the school is a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. Graduation week activities began Tuesday […]

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock selectmen will meet in person for the first time in weeks next week. Since March they have conducted business online via Zoom due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The board will meet June 2 at 5 p.m. at the town office. No more than 10 people will be able to gather, in […]

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock officials are exploring the possibility of a “drive-in” annual town meeting next month. The meeting, originally scheduled for March, was postponed due to the COVID-19 virus situation.  Since then selectmen have been discussing trying to hold it in June, but a state directive at this point will still ban gatherings of more […]