BETHEL — A group of about 15 adults and children headed off behind Telstar on Sunday, a blue-sky day. The youngest, James Erde, age 2, walked, since his feet were still a bit too small for snowshoes. The event was the Snowshoe and Connect Event sponsored by SAD #44 District Resiliency Team. Before they began […]
Rose Lincoln
Staff Writer
Bethel Citizen writer and photographer Rose Lincoln lives in Bethel with her husband and a rotating cast of visiting dogs, family, and friends. A photojournalist for several years, she worked alongside many great writers, never fully appreciating what they do — until now.
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Darren Goyette leaves Bethel; town clerk position open
BETHEL — Town Clerk Darren Goyette is moving on. His last day at town office was Friday. He has become the Deputy Registrar of Deeds at Oxford County Register of Deeds, starting Monday. “The structure here is being reconfigured and Natalie Andrews is in the process of working on how that will look. Since it […]
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Andover chooses Thacker to join the select board
ANDOVER — 115 out of 154 Andover voters chose Justin Thacker to be their next selectman, according to Clerk, Tax Collector, Melinda Averill. Toby Wells received 26 votes and Kevin Scott received 13. The voting took place at Town Hall from 11a.m. to 7p.m. on Monday, February 13. Thacker will join Brian Mills and Joe […]
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Short-term, affordable housing ordinance in Bethel is a multi-leveled topic
BETHEL — New proposed requirements for short term rentals will be discussed when the Bethel Ordinance Review Committee meets on at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21. “Short-term rental properties are one of the community’s strongest assets. These properties create an expandable bed-base consisting of a wide range of accommodation options that attract many different types of […]
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Black History Month: Abolitionist Harper spoke in Bethel in 1866
BETHEL — “A Lecture was given Friday evening of last week at Pattee’s Hall by Mrs. Frances W. Harper, a colored lady.” starts the news item in the Oxford Democrat newspaper on Feb. 23, 1866, less than a year following the end of the Civil War. And continues with a zinger: “Many a man of […]
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Bethel man does a ‘deep dive’ of the area with drone photography
Photographer and ‘pilot’ John Lewis flies drones photographing Maine’s natural landscape
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MSAD 44 exhausts snow days; remote days on trial
BETHEL — MSAD 44 School Superintendent David Murphy wrote to parents Feb. 2. He said the school had already exhausted the five snow days built into this year’s academic calendar and will be shifting to remote instruction in the event of another cancellation. “The staff have been working on developing plans that will be utilized […]
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Three running to fill Andover SB seat
ANDOVER — On Tuesday, Jan. 31, two Andover selectmen, Brian Mills and Joe Luce met, while two others vying for the open seat vacated by Jeff Elkie, sat in the audience. Candidates, Justin Thacker and Toby Wells and three other citizens were at Town Hall for the meeting. A third candidate, Kevin Scott, was not […]