STATE — Cuddledown, a leading provider of luxury bedding and home essentials, is proud to announce its donation of high-quality bedding to the Travis Mills Foundation (TMF). This generous contribution is designed to support post-9/11 recalibrated veterans and their families attending the Foundation’s programs, which focus on improving the lives of those impacted by combat-related […]
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6 Maine-made non-alcoholic drinks to enjoy for Dry January
Giving up alcohol doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice delicious flavor.
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Lawsuit over Poland Spring’s ‘natural spring water’ label moves forward
Plaintiffs in several states, including Maine, claim the parent company’s use of ‘100% Natural Spring Water’ is false.
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Movie Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’
The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie franchise has had quite the history. In 2019, jokes about the poorly-received first trailer were everywhere in pop culture. Paramount, to its credit, took the vitriol as constructive criticism and spent months redesigning the main character to have a more palatable appearance. When the upgraded movie was released in 2020, […]
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Tech Challenge to showcase student skills
PARIS — Oxford Hills Technical School is pleased to announce the Fourteenth Annual Oxford Hills Tech Challenge on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Tech Challenge is a showcase event in which students from 20 career and technical programs participate in skill-specific competitions and demonstrations for parents, community members, and others. Among the competitions and demonstrations are […]
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Clergy Collective: Looking back and ahead
As we leave 2024 and enter 2025, this is an ideal time to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the upcoming year. People often do this, especially when considering any “New Year’s Resolutions” they may be planning to try. As we do so, I would remind everyone that our past is our […]
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What I’ve learned
If someone says, “I loooove candied yams,” there is little doubt about how they feel. The way the person drew out the word love by repeating the o has a name. It’s called an emphatic, elongated vowel. English speakers do it all the time. I waaant yams. Heeeelp! He did it, I saaaaw him. It […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
18th annual Memorial/Honor Tree
To the Editor: On the front lawn of the Methodist Church, located at 79 Main Street, is a lighted Christmas tree. Since 2006, we have had an annual Memorial/Honor Tree. Donors purchase a bulb in memory and/or in honor of someone they know. Many people from Bethel as well as from other towns in Maine, […]
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First Universalist January services
WEST PARIS — A good way to welcome the new year is to join with others in community. Please join us on Sundays at 9 a.m., when we explore a wide variety of topics led by a variety of speakers. Guitarist Davy Sturtevant performs music. Refreshments follow the service, and all are welcome. January 5,” […]
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Hotel Rumford, Smart Care top MV Rec Basketball League
RUMFORD — Hotel Rumford and Smart Care PT, Inc. are off to a great start and undefeated at 4-0. Both teams won handily with Hotel Rumford defeating Flint Tropics, 79-56, and Smart Care pounding Cherry Pickers, 79-43. The Hotel and Tropics (1-3) game was close until halfway through the second half when the winners stepped up […]