BETHEL — Two grand prize raffles and more than 50 Bethel area businesses will be featured at the 3rd Annual Bethel Area Business and Home Expo and the Taste of Bethel on Dec. 5. The events will be held at the Telstar Regional High School complex on Route 26, one mile south of Bethel Village.

Doors for the Expo, which will be held in the gymnasium, will open at 10 a.m. Everyone coming to the event will be eligible to win one of two raffles for 100 gallons of oil, compliments of Brooks Bros. and Dead River Co. Admission is free.

The Taste of Bethel opens at noon in the Telstar cafeteria. A dozen area restaurants will be offering samples of their cuisine. Tickets for samples are $1 each. Food will be served until it is gone.

Exhibitors in the EXPO will include the sponsors: Stanley’s Furniture and Maine Made Furniture, Northeast Bank, United Insurance, Stephens Memorial Hospital, W.J. Wheeler & Co., Inc., Turner Publishing, Norway Savings Bank, KeyBank, Bethel Citizen, Western Maine Supply and more than 40 other area merchants and businesses.

For more information, or to learn how to become an exhibitor, contact the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce at 824-2282 or [email protected].