• Fate of Tri-Town Ambulance Service in the hands of Greenwood voters Saturday

    As it was two months ago in neighboring West Paris, a vote on who will be providing rescue service for the town is almost certain to be the top draw on the warrant for Greenwood's annual Town Meeting Saturday. In West Paris the decision – whether the town should continue to contract ... xx
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  • More parking at Davis Park eyed

    Bethel selectmen Monday evening opted not, for the moment at least, to approve a plan for expanded parking at Davis Park. Town Manager Jim Doar had presented a plan that called for shortening the pathway from where it currently begins, at the playground, to approximately where the port-a-p... xx
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  • Guys and Dolls

    Telstar High School will present the Broadway hit “Guys and Dolls” May 20, 21, and 22 at Telstar. “Guys and Dolls” is a musical comedy about a group of New York City characters whose different worlds of good and not so good intertwine as each seeks what they think ... xx
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  • CPS Bug Jamboree Concert

    BUG SEASON AT CPS—It was standing room only last Thursday for the “Bug Jamboree” concert at the Crescent Park Elementary School. Pupils in kindergarten through third grade sang songs with a bug theme. Examples include “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” “Ladybug Picnic,” “Mosquito Bite R... xx
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  • Looking

    10 years ago: Mundt-Allen Unit 81 Miss Poppy was Hannah Morin, daughter of Gerald and Angela Morin.Telstar sophomore Katie Wight broke the 16-year-old school record of 27.6 in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.4 seconds.Congressman John Baldacci was guest speaker at the 31st annu... xx
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  • 'No Sale' at mill

    The owner of National Wood Products in Oxford has abandoned his effort to purchase the Saunders Brothers mill in Locke Mills. In an e-mail this week to Greenwood Town Manager Kim Sparks, Joseph Woodbury blamed primarily the intransige... xx
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  • Eye-catching style, bargain price

    Bethel Outing Club member Kirk Siegel roller skis Mason Street, wearing one of the high-visibility safety vests now available for a discounted price at True North Adventure Ware. The death last summer of a young athlete nordic sking at dusk in Aroostook County inspired... xx
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  • Specialized boat on the horizon in Lakes Association milfoil battle

    A $36,000 grant from the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service will help this season's fight against an invasive plant, formerly popular in home aquariums, and now growing in Lake Christopher and Shagg Pond. The grant will make it possible for the local Community Lakes Association to purchase a bo... xx
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  • Habitat mapping to guide land conservation

    By Terry Karkos, Sun Media Group To better determine on which lands to focus conservation efforts, the Mahoosuc Land Trust will soon embark on a project to map ecologically significant landscapes in the Bethel area. Executive Director Jim Mitchell said on Friday morning that the fi... xx
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