Schools start Christmas and New Year’s holiday break with relatively sustained illness and quarantine rates.
2020
Posted inDear Abby
Mom feels betrayed by friend who snitched on her daughter
DEAR ABBY: I have recently found out that someone I thought was a good friend is the person who snitched and got my daughter in serious trouble at school. Our daughters attended the same preschool, middle school and high school. Although they were friends, the friendship was more between us moms. Before middle school graduation, […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Agnes Gray takes education outdoors
Last week the Advertiser Democrat dropped by Agnes Gray Elementary School to see what teacher Betsy Cooper’s third grade class was studying as it wrapped up several outdoor learning days (in the cold and the sunshine).
Posted inSports
Sports on TV: Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25, 2020
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, December 24 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 3:30 p.m. ESPN – New Mexico Bowl: Houston vs. Hawaii, Albuquerque, N.M. — Friday, December 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 12:30 p.m. FOX – Wisconsin at Michigan State 2:30 p.m. FS1 – Maryland at Purdue COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2:30 p.m. ESPN – Camellia […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Harrison Food Bank awarded $25K grant for COVID operations
HARRISON — The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Harrison Food Bank to assist with COVID-19 operations. With demand for support increasing and winter conditions already here, it is not a minute too soon, according to its founder and Operations Manager Sandy Swett. The grant makes it possible for the […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Chamber introduces Mountain Money eCard
BETHEL — The Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce has stepped up efforts to encourage shopping locally by introducing the Mountain Money eCard, a digital gift card that can be purchased online and used at any of list of 18 merchants and growing. “Shopping as locally as possible is always important, but right now we really have […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Christmas Eve services online
BETHEL — West Parish Congregational Church Christmas Eve services will be available online. There will be no in-person service this year. To celebrate the Christmas season go to either the website bethelcongregationalchurch.org and click on the calendar. The link for the service will be available for your viewing at your family’s convenience. Or the Facebook Page […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Thank you, Bethel community
To the Editor: On behalf of the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, a sincere thank you to everyone in the Bethel area community for supporting our annual “Christmas at the Moses Mason House”. Both your in-person and financial support helped to once again, make this event a success! Thank you for signing up for […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Mahoosuc Bird Notes: A tragedy in the west
This fall, reports from New Mexico and other western states reported hundreds of dead birds and many others alive on the ground and clearly incapacitated. The true numbers aren’t known but certainly reached into the hundreds of thousands. This mass die-off shocked many and made news around the world. Scientists are still analyzing samples […]