GREENWOOD — Tourmaline Hill Farm on 21 Kennedy Lane in Greenwood is yet another business to be hit hard by COVID-19. The virus has shut down many of the businesses the farm has sold to. “It has changed the structure of farmers’ markets and essentially cost me a lot of extra money in additional labor […]
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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Rick Savage opens restaurant despite government orders
BETHEL — One day after appearing on the Tucker Carlson show on the Fox News network to declare that he would reopen his business, Sunday River Brewing Co. owner Rick Savage was given an ultimatum: comply with Gov. Janet Mills’ executive order or lose your liquor and health licenses. Apparently that ultimatum was […]
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Sunday River Brewing owner keeps restaurant open after licenses seized
Despite Rick Savage announcing on Facebook earlier in the day that he’d close, a GoFundMe page was launched to raise money for his and other businesses that may face fines and legal fees due to opening early.
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Bethel brew pub owner tells Tucker Carlson he will defy state order and open Friday
Rick Savage, owner of the Sunday River Brewing Co., said his restaurant is ready to serve people safely.
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Senior Spotlight: Abigail Landry
How are students adjusting to school life during the coronavirus? How are Telstar seniors coping with a lost senior year?
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Greenwood approves appointments, touches on COVID-19
GREENWOOD — Selectmen Tuesday unanimously approved the appointment of Lorraine Duclos, Margaret Mills, Leonard Hoy, Gary Fuller, Rosemary McLean, Anita Hakala, Ann Holt and William Chapman as Ballot and Election clerks. Selectmen approved hiring Wesley Cox to mow all town cemeteries and parks for the upcoming summer. Cox has mowed for the town in the […]
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Selectmen clarify their questions to Fire Chief
WEST PARIS — Selectmen revisited the Standard Operating Guidelines (SOG) for the town fire department at their April 23 meeting. They had discussed the guidelines at their previous meeting also. In the minutes from the April 9 select board meeting, it said that Fire Chief Troy Billings was going to provide the town with a […]
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Several towns fight afternoon fire in Bethel
BETHEL — Six town fire departments joined forces Saturday to fight an 8-acre woods fire in Bethel. The fire started around 2:30 p.m. and was on the east side of Route 26, just north of Paris Road. Bethel, Greenwood, Woodstock, Newry, Gilead and West Paris responded to the call. Two rangers, a helicopter and Bethel […]
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Bethel Food Pantry update
BETHEL — The Bethel Food Pantry is open weekly to all residents from Gilead, Albany, West Bethel, Greenwood, Stoneham, Bethel, Locke Mills, Bryant Pond, Woodstock, Mason Township, Newry, Hanover, Andover and Upton. The pantry is open the first Wednesday of each month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The hours are Noon to 2 p.m. […]
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Updates from towns during COVID-19
REGION — All cities and towns statewide have felt the impact of COVID-19 in some way or another. Some, however, have taken a harder hit than others. It was reported last week in the Portland Press Herald that Portland, South Portland and Westbrook had furloughed “hundreds” of municipal employees due to financial problems caused by […]