Cream of Turkey and Wild Rice Soup This delicious leftover turkey soup that will have you making turkey all winter long! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cups slice mushrooms (about 4 ounces) ¾ cup celery, diced medium ¾ cup carrots, diced medium ¼ cup shallots, diced ¼ cup all purpose flour ¼ teaspoon salt […]
2020
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, The Bethel Citizen, The Franklin Journal
Movie Review: Freaky
I wish this movie had been called “Freaky Friday the 13th.” The film is a cross between “Freaky Friday” and “Friday the 13th.” It also takes place on Friday the 13th and annoyingly insisted on opening on a Friday the 13th, causing it to miss a Halloween release during a season that really could have […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, The Bethel Citizen
Maine real estate sales up 26.88%, prices jump 24.5%
AUGUSTA — Maine’s real estate sales are heating up—by double digits. According to statistics released today by the Maine Association of Realtors, Realtors across the state sold 2,341 single-family existing homes last month—a jump of 26.88 percent over October 2019. The median sales price (MSP) for homes sold reached $280,000, a 24.50 percent increase over October […]
Posted inSports
Sports on TV: Thursday, November 26
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, November 26 AUTO RACING 5:55 a.m. (Friday) ESPN2 — Formula One: Practice, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 12 p.m. BTN — Chicago State at Illinois ESPN — Crossover Classic: TBD, Semifinal, Sioux Falls, S.D. FS1 — Bradley at Xavier 1:30 p.m. FOX […]
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 26
Nov. 26, 1861: Humorist Artemus Ward (1834-1867) makes his debut as what today would be called a stand-up comedian, in New London, Connecticut. Ward, whose real name is Charles Farrar Browne, was born in Waterford, Maine, and used Yankee speech mannerisms and deliberately misspelled words in his columns published under the “Artemus Ward” pen name […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Selectmen talk sidewalks, solid waste
BETHEL — Monday, selectmen discussed the price of a Route 2 sidewalk project with Dan Loring from the Maine Department of Transportation. Selectmen had taken initial steps toward the project by approving an application for an MDOT grant of $8,126 in 2019. One of the first things Loring told selectmen was that his original total […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Ionization technology coming to Telstar
REGION — Honeywell International is currently installing Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization technology in most SAD 44 school classrooms and work spaces. The NBI devices are currently being installed in the school’s existing ventilation units, and Superintendent Dave Murphy said most of the installation process should be finished by the time students return from Thanksgiving break. Bob […]
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Jack H. Hoyt
TEMPLE – Jack H. Hoyt, 83, of Temple, died early Tuesday morning at his home surrounded by his family. He was …
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Richard E. Paine
LEWISTON – Richard E. Paine, of Auburn, died after a courageous, but all too brief, battle with cancer at Marshwood Center, …
Posted inDear Abby
Letters from elderly dad are only thinly veiled criticisms
DEAR ABBY: I could use some advice on the best response to my 89-year-old father’s letters. He cleverly inserts insults into them without writing anything for which he could be criticized. For example, he has always talked about how he hates fat people. I am very overweight. My father sends me letters talking about how […]