BETHEL — Many trees were recently cleared behind Bennetts Automotive Garage on Route 26 headed toward Bethel for a future tank site for Everett Propane. Everett Propane started this process last spring, but ran into issues with nearby abutters to the property. Abutters had no personal issues with Everett Propane, but brought up multiple safety […]
Samuel Wheeler
Sam Wheeler is a Staff Writer for the Bethel Citizen. He has worked there since June of 2018 and has spent his entire life in Greenwood. He covers a wide array of topics including town government, human interest, business and sports. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maine at Orono in May of 2018. In his spare time he loves going on spontaneous adventures, taking photos, hiking and cheering on his New England sports teams. He also enjoys riding snowmobiles, refinishing old wood products and body surfing in the ocean. A fun fact about Sam is that he recently traveled to Ghana, Africa, to help conduct Malaria tests in the city of Koforidua.
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Workshop
BETHEL — A shibouri workshop for Telstar Middle and High School Students is being offered at the Bethel Historical Society in August. Their will be six classes total, both on Tuesdays and Thursday’s from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. They will be held under a tent at the BHS. The actual dates of the […]
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Rotary still hoping to have sale
BETHEL — The Rotary Club is aiming to hold its annual yard sale the last week in August, with some changes. Unlike previous years, to reduce crowd sizes, the club has decided to start showing items on Tuesday Aug. 25 and will allow people to start shopping that same day. The sale will go until […]
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Voters approve all articles at town meeting
BETHEL — Bethel residents approved all 32 articles on the town warrant in about 45 minutes at last weeks annual town meeting. Fifty-six people turned out for the meeting, according to Town Manager Loretta Powers. The town voted to ratify the actions of estimated overdrafts in the FY 2020 budget. There was only one overdraft […]
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Greenwood discusses town beach use by out-of-staters
GREENWOOD — At their July 21 meeting, Greenwood selectmen discussed having resident Al Lake make occasional stops at the Greenwood Town Beach (located on Greenwood Road) to check the residency status of beach goers. Lake offered to make the occasional visits. He would check to make sure people using the beach were taxpaying residents and […]
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Selectmen table talk on proposal
BETHEL — At their July 6 meeting, selectmen discussed concerns the Airport Authority has about a Maine Energy Systems proposal to buy the Groan and McGurn Building on the Davis Road in Bethel. MESYs has offered to buy the building for $600,000. Annual payments of $40,000 would be made per month for 15 years and […]
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Absentee ballots up in many towns
REGION — With the ongoing pandemic many towns have had a higher number of residents opting to vote absentee ballot this year instead of going to vote in person. Bethel reported close to 300 absentee ballots, up by more than 250 from the previous primary preceding a presidential election. Bethel has 2,386 registered voters. In […]
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Voter turnout steady, despite rain and virus
REGION — Bad weather conditions did little to deter area voters from showing up at the polls Tuesday, as most towns reported a steady turnout throughout the day. Bethel candidates for school board, Maggie Davis and Stephanie Herbeck, were elected, tallying a total of 683 and 649 votes respectively between the four district towns. David […]
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New trail system for ATV riders
ROXBURY — Saturday at 10 a.m., the Roxbury ATV Riders will be opening up a brand new trail. The trail begins at the Roxbury ATV Riders Park and Ride off Route 120 in Roxbury and ends at the Beliveau Road in Rumford. ATVer’s will be able to ride from Roxbury to Rumford, Woodstock, Peru, Dixfield, Byron, Andover, […]
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Candidates field questions at forum
REGION — Tuesday, SAD 44 school board candidates took part in an hour-long forum, spending the majority of time answering several questions asked by district residents. Unlike last year, the forum was held virtually and live-streamed on YouTube. People who had questions for candidates submitted them to CORE (formerly known as Bethel Area Nonprofit Collaborative), […]