BETHEL — The Maine Humanities Council has awarded the Bethel Library a World in Your Library event. World in Your Library is a speaker program focused on current events and relevant issues, both local and international. The featured speaker is Dr. Darren Ranco speaking on “Protecting Wabanaki Basketmaking Traditions: Collaborative Research, Indigenous Science, and Wabanaki […]
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Mahoosuc Pathways changes name
BETHEL — Founded in 2011 and based in Bethel, Mahoosuc Pathways, a 501c3 nonprofit corporation, is changing its name to Inland Woods + Trails to better reflect its work and hopes for the future. This change is also prompted by confusion in the region and nonprofit marketplace and a more direct acknowledgement of what the […]
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Backyard Reflections: A predator comes to call
I was putting old chandelier crystals on my little Norfolk Island pine as I do every year around this time of year to honor all evergreens. It was almost November. I recalled a childhood experience … my little brother and I used to clink the beveled crystal pieces together in order to hear the music […]
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Education: Local knowledge
History helps us understand why we are what we are. Local history plays a big part in this. Women, men, and children, farmers and lumberjacks, factory hands and homemakers, doctors, ministers and lawyers, merchants, hotel-keepers, hunting and fishing guides and lots of tourists have shaped Bethel, and how we live here. So have mill streams […]
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Mahoosuc Bird Notes: Grosbeaks
My friend Ruthie is becoming a top birder in Bethel. While on a walk with her parents, she spotted a flock of Evening Grosbeaks eating cherries in trees on Mason Street. Ruthie noticed three other birds among the bright yellow Evening Grosbeaks. The birds were the same size as the other grosbeaks but with […]
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Library switches to contact-less lending
To the Editor: As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Oxford County and across Maine, the Bethel Library has made the difficult decision to close to the public and return to contact-free lending of library materials as of the end of this month. The library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and will […]
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Christmas Fair in a bag
To the Editor: Many holiday traditions will change this year and the Congregational Church’s Christmas Fair and Tea is one of them. Due to Covid-19 West Parish Congregational Church can not safely open for the Christmas Fair and Tea. The Church will keep the tradition alive with a Christmas Fair in a Bag on December […]
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Emergency food boxes available
To the Editor: No one should go without enough food. But it seems that this is not the case, even in the United States. With the current situation of Covid 19, the economy, and unemployment or underemployment, food insecurity is in the news. The greater Bethel community has not been spared. Therefore it is time […]
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Church offers jigsaw lending library
WATERFORD — Looking for something to keep you busy during these challenging times? The North Waterford Church has opened a free lending library for jigsaw puzzles. Hundreds of puzzles to choose from, in all different sizes and difficulties. The church dining hall will be open on Monday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. for one-person-at-a-time […]
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Glover recognized as trustee emeritus
SOUTH PARIS — Paris Public Library Board of Trustees recently recognized retiring Board member Raymond Glover for his 45 years of service on the Board by making him a Trustee Emeritus. For many years, Mr. Glover has been the Vice President of the Paris Public Library Association and has been the corporate registered agent with […]