BETHEL — Bethel selectmen appointed Randy Thurston code enforcement officer (CEO) for the town at the Monday, Feb. 7 meeting, along with Courtney McPherson as the town’s new planning assistant. Increased fees, committee appointments, new victualer licenses, changes to the marijuana ordinance, and approval of a junior EMS program at Telstar were amongst the other […]
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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SAD 44 faces loss of more than $400K in state aid
BETHEL — Potential state aid losses upwards of $400,000 were outlined Monday, Feb. 7, in the superintendent’s report to the SAD 44 board of directors. State Aid for Maine School Districts is determined through a series of measures, one of which is meeting certain thresholds for the number of “disadvantaged students” a district serves. Typically, […]
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Current Events/Black History Month – Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who won gold medals in the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. Both times, no one expected him to win. Both times, he set a world record. In the 1960 Olympics, held in Rome, it seemed impossible for him to win. First of all, he was from Ethiopia, a […]
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Restoring windows to remember
WEST PARIS — According to Susanne Dunham, standing at the altar of the Universalist Church of West Paris when the sunlight filters through the many stained glass windows that line the walls can be a little distracting. In a good way. “When you’re standing at the altar, it’s almost distracting, that big beautiful window that’s […]
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How do they say that in…
English: integrateFrench: intégrerSpanish: integrarGerman: integrierenItalian: integrareChinese: Zhěnghé 结合
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Current Events/Black History Month – Clara Luper
Clara Shepard Luper (pronounced LOOP-er) was a school teacher in Oklahoma who became an important leader in the Civil Rights Movement, helping to win equal treatment for black people.Clara Mae Shepard was born in 1923 in a small county in Oklahoma called Okfuskee.Growing up, she attended schools that had only black students, because in those […]
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Word of the Week
Integrate To make something into a whole by bringing all parts together; to unify. We should all help integrate immigrants into the community.
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To do less would justify ‘no confidence’ in school board
To the Editor: MSAD 17 has always been a respectful and compassionate community. The highest priorities for our School Board has always been reserved for the education and well-being of our students. The Board has actively spent years fostering respect and compassion for our students who desperately need a safe environment free of violence and […]
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Selectboard briefs
GREENWOOD — The Mahoosuc Broadband Committee was contacted by another wireless competitor, called Red Zone, though the town and the surrounding towns in the region are still considering either Spectrum or First Light. Spectrum does not have a completed proposal and First Light is working on a proposal. Red Zone would be a wireless proposal. […]