Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs By Tomie dePaola Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy’s mother tells him Nana Upstairs won’t be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Updated with new, […]
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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Going blue for Drew!
BETHEL — It all started just a few weeks ago when CPS fifth grade teacher Miss Krystle Gould was having lunch with her students; Drew Walker, Xander Vandenbulcke, Rowan Theriault, Levi Decareau, Richard Paul, and Landon McPherson. One of the boys, Drew Walker, asked the other boys if they had Autism? The boys looked at […]
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Fiddlehead Festival returns
FARMINGTON — After a two-year hiatus, the popular Maine Fiddlehead Festival is slated for a revival on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington.Beginning in 2012, the local food-centered festival was held annually until the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled plans in 2020 and again […]
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Bethel potters part of Maine Pottery Tour
WEST BETHEL — Martha Grover and Joshua Rysted – of 630 West Bethel Rd., Bethel – are two of 54 potters on this year’s Maine Pottery Tour. Joshua’s website (jdrpottery.square.site/) describes him as follows: “Joshua David Rysted is a small batch potter who creates functional, wheel-thrown and slab-built pottery made one-at-a-time by hand. A transplant […]
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New solar ordinance in the works
BETHEL — The Bethel Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) presented the latest draft of the town’s new solar ordinance, which the town’s lawyer had reviewed, at the April 4 selectboard meeting. “The biggest thing was the area we set, a 175-acre maximum for the town,” said ORC Chair Jim Bennett. There is a 125-acre limit for […]
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Word of the Week
anemometer an-ih-MOM-ih-ter (Say thermometer, but replace ther with annie.) An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Scientists on Mt. Washington use an anemometer to tell how fast the wind is blowing.
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Current Events/Big Wind Day
On April 12, 1934, winds at the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire blew at an astounding speed of 231 miles per hour. In honor of that, April 12 is called Big Wind Day. Another way of writing miles per hour is to simply use the first letter of each word: mph. To get […]
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Bethel’s best bug farmers
BETHEL – Call him a bug manager, or a turd farmer, but Jeff Warden, who is superintendent of the Wastewater Treatment Plant for the Town of Bethel, says it’s all about keeping the bugs happy. Bethel uses what’s called an aerobic system, where natural organisms – or bugs – use oxygen to digest waste. Keeping […]
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How do they say that in …
English: fasting French: jeûne Spanish: ayunas German: fasten Italian: digiuna Arabic sawm ﺻَﻮﻡ Chinese: jìn shí 禁食