“So many kids learned how to skate last year, and at the end of the season watching all those kids do laps around the smaller rink, the rec board was determined to make it a little bigger and give it a little more elbow room,” said Recreation Board Director Mary Scanlon.
January 2023
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Faith drives Mollyockett owner to provide ‘home’ to those in need
WOODSTOCK — Tim Buck and his wife Fran, own the Mollyockett Motel on Route 26. Some of the people who stay at the motel have been displaced from Rumford and other area towns and cities. Buck gives people in need the sanctuary they need because his faith compels him to help those he can. Motel […]
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Greene man missing since Monday
Adam McAllister of Greene is still missing, officials say. He expressed interest in going ice fishing on Monday, the day he was last seen.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
More parking at Upper Range Pond boat ramp may take several years
POLAND — There is room for additional parking near the Upper Range Pond boat ramp on Range Hill Road, but it could take several years for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife to design and engineer a plan before it could be built. Diano Circo, chief planner for inland fisheries, told the Select […]
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Former Brunswick councilor pleads not guilty to child porn charges
An attorney representing Christopher Watkinson claimed Wednesday that the former Brunswick town councilor had accidentally accessed three explicit images in June 2021 and intended to turn them over to authorities.
Posted inSports
Devers, Red Sox agree to 11-year, $331 million contract
Boston finally holds on to one of its homegrown stars, giving third baseman Rafael Devers the largest contract in team history.
Posted inSports
The games will go on after Damar Hamlin – they always do
Commentary: Many sports have stopped for a moment to grieve unthinkable tragedies, but that hasn’t stopped any of them from moving forward.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Future in doubt for Old Church on the Hill in Buckfield
The church has a 91-foot spire and it on the National Register of Historic Places.
Posted inMaine
Maine’s child protection system failed to recognize risks to children, report says
The Maine Child Welfare Services Ombudsman’s annual report cites ‘substantial issues’ with more than half of the child welfare cases reviewed and a ‘downward trend in child welfare practice.’
