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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Fire Department has heavy responsibility load
BETHEL — Responding to fires is only a small part of what the Bethel Fire Department does over the course of year. Chief Mike Jodrey, who joined the department in 1986, said when he first started 80 percent of the calls were fire-related. They got 75-80 calls a year back then. Now, roughly a dozen […]
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Newry to dispose of foreclosed timeshares at Sunday River
There are 38 units at town hotels that owe property taxes.
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School board hears bus garage, asbestos abatement proposals
BETHEL — The SAD 44 Board of Directors heard a presentation Monday on two new options for a bus garage that would cost less than the $2.8 million proposal that was rejected by voters in November. District officials are also appealing to area residents to contact them if they have suggestions for other options. One […]
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Area Sports
The Telstar MS Boys Varsity Basketball team Traveled to Mt. Valley on Wednesday, January 22 to play a very intense game. Telstar was down 29-21 at the half, but picked up the pace in the 3rd quarter to go up by 10 points and never looked back to win 56-48. Keenan Sparks scored an impressive […]
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Olympia no longer the world’s tallest snowman
Bethel loses Guinness record to Austria’s Riesi.
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Molly Ockett Day name changed to Summerfest
The theme of the celebration will center of Maine’s bicentennial.
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Bethel voters approve marijuana ordinance change
BETHEL — At Monday’s special town meeting voters approved amending Chapter 46 of the Bethel Town Code to “reduce the setback from adult use marijuana retail stores and medical marijuana caregiver retail stores to pre-existing daycare centers from 1,000 feet to 500 feet.” The article passed with some opposition. Resident Bob Everett asked if anyone […]
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Greenwood residents unhappy over road’s condition
GREENWOOD — Several residents of the Irish Neighborhood Road expressed their frustration with its deteriorating condition at a February 4 select board meeting. Resident Chet Herrick brought an iPad that had photos of the road’s current condition. “I’m very irritated, it’s disrespectful, we pay our taxes and we have not had anything done to our […]
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Telstar looks to continue, expand service days
REGION — Last October Telstar High School students took part in the schools first community outreach day. The day started with students arriving and choosing what type of job they wanted to do (selections went by grade level). Some groups cleaned buses, gardens or properties, others aided senior citizens with technology and several groups went […]