The budget, at $12,782,982, is up $389,450 over the current year.
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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Hands-on Learning: Of rockets and mousetraps
BETHEL — Peter Hedden, who has been a science teacher for 11 years at Telstar Middle School, was awarded grants from the Maine Environmental Education Association to get materials to build and experiment with hands-on learning. Hedden has a lot of plans this year working with students to build ramp cars, mousetrap cars, rockets, parachutes, […]
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Ukraine has high hopes as a victorious nation
The window of opportunity Ukraine is about to get by denying Putin most of its territory is perhaps the biggest the country has seen since independence. At the same time, however, both Ukrainians and their allies will need to work hard to keep it from closing as the previous ones did.
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Sumner Fire Auxiliary to host sale
SUMNER — The Sumner Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will have a garage, bake and plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, at the fire department on Route. 219. There will be raffle baskets. Donations are welcome, but no TVs, personal computers or large appliances. To donate, call Gail at 674-5522 or Polly […]
Posted inLocal News, The Bethel Citizen
SAD 44 Adult Education to offer free applied technology course
SAD 44 Adult Ed is offering the course, Applied Technology in the Workplace, in partnership with Androscoggin and Oxford county adult education programs.
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‘I will miss her forever’
Merrie Lee Butters Ojeda will be remembered in a celebration of her life at Telstar High School on Saturday, May 14. The event, which will include readings, sharing memories and a slide show of her life and loves, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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This pottery is more than functional. It’s art
Organized by Lori Keenan Watts of Fine Mess Pottery in Augusta, the Maine Pottery Tour is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Project Graduation 2022
According to DHHS, “all school-related functions are supposed to be chemical-free, but what makes Project Graduation different is the attitude of the students. They have made a conscious decision to enjoy their graduation night without alcohol or other drugs. And no other group, including parents and school personnel, can make that decision for students.”