Refraction (re-FRAC-sion)The bending of light.A lens causes refraction: it bends or redirects light waves.Sarah’s magnifying glass refracted sunlight and made a bright spot on the sidewalk.
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/Space Telescopes Part 1
Though most any telescope can be used to look at the night sky, a telescope up in space can see stars more clearly than one down on Earth.This week we will learn how a space telescope is different from an Earth telescope.Next week we will take a closer look at two famous orbiting telescopes: the […]
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$3,000 in cash prizes for ice fishing derby
ROXBURY — The 2nd annual Operation ReBoot OutDoors Welcome Home Ellis Pond Ice Fishing Derby will take place on Saturday, March 12. The 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. event features $3,000 in cash prizes, including five species categories for adults and a smallest catch and largest trout category for kids 11 and under. Admission is […]
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Tell us about Bethel
As the Bethel Citizen continues its search for a staff writer, we are turning to you – our readers – for stories about the people, the places and the things you love about the Bethel region. If you’d like to write a story about something that is going on in our schools or in our […]
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Gem doing its bit to protect community
Owners choose to leave proof of vaccine mandate in place.
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How do they say that in ….
English: fossil French: fossile Spanish: fósil German: Fossil (German capitalizes nouns) Italian: fossile Chinese: Huàshí 化石
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Word of the Week
fossil (pronounced FOSS-ul) A fossil is a part of an animal or plant that has been preserved in rock. Amelia Penny discovered the fossil of a pterosaur in Scotland.
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Current Events/Pterosaur
A pterosaur is a type of flying reptile that lived millions of years ago. Its name is a combination of two Greek words: pteron, which means wing, and sauros, which means lizard. The p is silent, so it is pronounced terosaur. There is much excitement right now in the field of paleontology because of a […]
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President’s list
UMaine-Augusta University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Interim President and Provost Joseph Szakas announces the 2021 Fall Semester Full-Time President’s List. To qualify for the full-time President’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of 100-level or higher UMA coursework (exclusive of pass/fail courses); and maintain a semester grade point average in […]
