Demoted(rhymes with he voted)Lowered in rank or position.Sergeant Andrews was such a poor leader, he was demoted to the rank of corporal.
A.M. Sheehan
Staff Writer
A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the
Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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Current Events/Pluto Demoted Day
August 24 is a special holiday called Pluto Demoted Day.It isn’t exactly a holiday. No one gives presents, and nobody gets the day off. Many people don’t even know about Pluto Demoted Day. But some people do, because it’s a day that changed school books and charts of the solar system. It also changed a […]
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What I’ve Learned
My parents were divorced when I was quite young – five, maybe – and my mother and I left New York and moved to Oklahoma. She wanted no contact with my father, so I grew up knowing almost nothing about him.There were times in my teenage years when I yearned to find him. And that […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
SeniorsPlus offers free tax help
STATE — SeniorsPlus, Western Maine’s designated Area Agency on Aging, and AARP are collaborating to assist individuals file tax returns in order to qualify for the state of Maine’s $850 inflation-relief check. Appointments are available Thursdays, August 11 and 18 between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the 8 Falcon Road, Lewiston, headquarters of SeniorsPlus. […]
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Muralist Jane Kim to visit Bethel, Aug. 25
Jane Kim of Ink Dwell is scheduled to visit Bethel for an artist talk at The Gem located at 48 Cross St.
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Quilts ‘heal the heart that knew the soul’
Bethel woman designs keepsakes from clothing of lost loved ones.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Andover Olde Home Days draws crowd despite heat
The 90-degree day featured a parade, vendors, corn hole, tractor pulls, an art show, cookie walk, lawn tractor races, and more.
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Word of the Week
Sibling(rhymes with rib ring)A brother or sister.Maria has one sibling, a sister named Amy.James has four siblings: two brothers and two sisters.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
5th BAAM Art Market held at The Philbrook Place
BETHEL — BAAM’s (Bethel Area Arts and Music) fifth Art Market was held on Saturday at The Philbrook Place parking lot. Kate Webb, BAAM coordinator said, “The BAAM Art Market was born out of the pandemic. We wanted to provide an opportunity to local artists who may have struggled during the pandemic to sell their […]