Volcano/sliding hill core rises
2012-01-26 00:00:27
The centerpiece of the snow volcano/sliding hill under construction at “Festival Plaza,” near the Casablanca, was placed last week. The bundle of logs was raised by a Bancroft Contracting Corp. crane. When the weather is cold enough, Sunday River snow guns will make snow around the lo...
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Logging near Indian Pond prompts call for Greenwood noise ordinance
2012-01-26 00:00:00The pre-dawn “horrific roaring” of heavy logging equipment near Indian Pond has awakened a call for Greenwood to adopt a noise ordinance. The call comes from residents Henry and Pat Stewart, who made their case to town selectmen last week. The Stewarts live off the Hobb... xx -
Newry planners to go big-screen
2012-01-26 00:00:27For town planners who don’t like slogging through mud and snow to review potential development sites, Newry Planning Board Chairman Brooks Morton has a solution: Use GIS mapping technology to take “virtual site walks.” Morton brought a large monitor and his laptop to Mond... xx -
MDOT plans roadwork in Woodstock
2012-01-26 00:00:27The Maine Department of Transportation will repair a deteriorating retaining wall on Route 26 across from the Woodstock ball fields this summer, selectmen learned last week. And next year, MDOT plans a paving and limited improvement project for Route 232 from Route 26 to the bridge at Rumf... xx -
AES committees plan informational meeting Feb. 2
2012-01-26 00:00:27The committees studying the future of education in Andover will present their findings at a public meeting Feb. 2. The groups have been researching options since last spring, when the town voted to take on $214,000 more in financial responsibility for the Andover Elementary School for the ... xx -
Meeting on possible E. Andover P.O. closing Feb. 1
2012-01-26 00:00:27There will be an informational meeting on Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Andover Town Hall to discuss the closure study of the East Andover Post Office. (The meeting, originally scheduled for last week, was postponed to next week.) Residents are encouraged to attend and voice their opinion. xx -
"Snow volcano" planned for Bethel WinterFest
2012-01-27 00:00:00Inspired by the volcanic splendors of Iceland, this year’s snow feature for the Bethel WinterFest will be a giant snow volcano. And this volcano will spew real fire and ashes, not snowflakes Snow engineer Jim Sysko, who has previously brought snowpeople, ice towers and snow ma... xx -
Telstar valedictorian now aiming for doctorate a dozen years away
2012-01-19 00:00:50When Telstar valedictorian Adam Mahar graduates this spring, he will be approximately halfway through his education. That’s because the senior, who will attend Cornell University next fall, plans to eventually earn a Ph.D. in history. Mahar, a native of Andover, was bitten by ... xx -
June's Family Fishing Day trying to get more Brookies on the lines
2012-01-19 00:00:50For the past two years, Angevine Park has provided an ideal setting for Bethel's Family Fishing Festival in early June, Wende Gray told town selectmen last week. But there's been a small problem – the fish aren't biting. “It's a great location in which to have it in term... xx -
Bingham land parking pondered
2012-01-19 00:00:00Hikers and other recreationists will likely have access in the future to Bethel's 2,300-acre Bingham Trust land, but providing them a place to park may take a little work. The second of two public hearings organized by the Bethel Conservation Commission to gather public opinion on possible... xx -
Land by Bethel Fire Department eyed as site for veterans' memorial
2012-01-12 00:00:11The Bethel Board of Selectmen has given unanimous concept approval to siting the long-discussed Bethel Veterans’ Monument between the north end of the Bethel common and the Bethel Fire Station, on the plot of grass to the right (looking down from the common) of the Fire Station driveway. xx -
THS students dig into more than a century’s worth of history
2012-01-12 00:00:00“I like this old stuff,” said Telstar High School student Adam Literak Saturday, as he looked through boxes at the Bethel Historical Society. Literak was one of a half dozen THS students who volunteered their time to help the Society move 35 years’ worth of collection ite... xx -
Maine Handicapped Skiing to become Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation
2012-01-05 00:00:11Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation logo xx -
Upton elects a new selectman
2012-01-05 00:00:11Upton residents last week elected Bob Pepler to fill out the two years remaining on a vacated selectmen’s seat. About two dozen people turned out for the one-of-a-kind December annual town meeting. The meeting marks a transition to a new format that will see such meetings take... xx -
Newry eyes single-stream recycling at Sunday River
2012-01-05 00:00:11Newry selectmen said Tuesday they were open to discussion of the possible implementation of single-stream recycling at Sunday River Ski Resort, utilizing the offer of a free compactor. The subject arose after Chairman Jim Largess said that Woodstock Town Manager Vern Maxfield floated the i... xx -
Celladore: Beckie Bailey's Journals, 1954-1964 -- Earlier installments
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Celladore: Beckie Bailey's Journals 1954-1964. Installment 54
2011-06-02 00:00:00There were bobcats on the mountain, but one seldom saw them or their tracks. One winter a group of five men with dogs made an extensive hunt and killed a dozen; found them sleeping on ledges in the sunshine. In childhood I had heard fearsome stories of bobcats following a man during the night whe... xx