Emily Ecker News Today

To the Editor: I used to be an oncology social worker at the Dempsey Center. Before working at the Center, I remember the days when a diagnosis of Cancer was an unspoken word, especially to the person who has it. ”Don’t tell him… It will scare him…He shouldn’t know he’s going to die, etc. …” […]

Greenwood does not have any specific regulations prohibiting green burials but is running out of cemetery space.

Green burial advocate calls it the ultimate recycling.

To the Editor: Ever since I was a young person, I told people that when I grew up I wanted to be a conservationist. Living here with my husband for over 45 years has given me many opportunities to be involved with conserving beautiful land, most recently Buck’s Ledge Community Forest. Now, as I am […]

To the Editor: An April 25 article in the Montreal Gazette, “Second major outage in 3 weeks raises questions about Hydro-Québec’s reliability”, reports, “Hydro-Québec was plunged into another crisis Tuesday after a major power failure left almost 500,000 customers across the province without electricity.” The article notes “the average duration of outages per customer served […]

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Conservation Commission members are creating “A Trail for All,” a wooded path and separate roadway that will go about half a mile up Buck’s Ledge and converge at a view space that overlooks North Pond, Mount Abrams, the White Mountains and Buck’s Ledge. “Everyone will have a chance to have a mountain […]

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Conservation Commission members are creating “A Trail for All,” a wooded path and separate roadway that will go about half a mile up Buck’s Ledge and converge at a view space that overlooks North Pond, Mount Abrams, the White Mountains and Buck’s Ledge. “Everyone will have a chance to have a mountain […]

WOODSTOCK — A peregrine falcon was sighted in the sky above Buck’s Ledge by Greenwood Select Board Chairman and avid hiker Amy Chapman on April 14. For confirmation and on the advice of raptor specialist Erin Call of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Marcel Polak played a recording of a peregrine falcon […]

Reyna, a member of the French National team, took down the 1650 freestyle pool record with her time of 16:32.27 while Brennen won gold in the men's 1000.

Emily Ecker and Maria Mann are asking the Woodstock Cemetery Committee for a Green Burial space in town.