BETHEL — On Friday, Nov. 8, the Telstar Freshmen Academy will be putting on the fifth annual Local Food and Learning Event at the Bethel Alliance Church located at 251 Walkers Mill Road. Students hope to see many people come and enjoy a locally sourced meal prepared by them. RSVP for a seating time or […]
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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Telstar Middle and High School Football season review
BETHEL — Hot start, cold finish, that was Telstar’s inaugural season in eight-man football in a nutshell. After opening the season with a loss at Old Orchard, the Rebels rattled off three straight wins before dropping their final four contests of the year. With a 3-5 end of the season record, the Rebels narrowly missed […]
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Newry man reflects on his time in Vietnam
NEWRY — Newry resident Jim Sysko was attending the University of Alberta when he received notice he had been drafted into the U.S. Army. It was the winter of 1967. He had transferred from Northeastern University to get away from the city life of Boston. Sysko had a student deferment while he was studying at […]
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Veterans Day Observances
GREENWOOD—Veterans Day ceremonies will take place on Monday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at American Legion Jackson-Silver Post 68 in Locke Mills. The program is as follows: Posting the Colors in place; National Anthem; Pledge of Allegiance; Opening prayer by Post Chaplain; Adjutant Veterans Day Address – Commander Harry G. Orcutt; Bell ringing at 1100 […]
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Voters reject $2.4M bus garage
The votes in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock totaled 805-286.
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Hanover cruises through 34 articles
HANOVER — Residents wasted little time at Tuesdays annual town meeting, approving all 34 articles in just over an hour. Bethel resident and current Rumford Town Manager Scott Cole moderated the meeting. Incumbent selectman Ed Kennett was re-elected for for another three-year term. Kennett ran unopposed. Article 20, asking if the town would vote to […]
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A look at next week’s votes
REGION — Election Day, Nov. 5, offers several issues for Bethel-area voters to consider, depending on the town in which they reside. There will be a district-wide referendum vote on a proposed $2.4 million new SAD 44 bus garage. The School Board voted narrowly 8-6 in August in favor of holding a referendum, and the […]
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Open house Friday and Saturday
BETHEL — An open house will take place at the current SAD 44 bus garage on Friday, Nov. 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10 to noon. Superintendent Dave Murphy hopes this will allow people to visit the facility and see its current condition before the Nov. 5 referendum […]
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Man in the mirror
REGION — The year was either 1984 or 1985, Rumford resident Sootie Cross Gauvin recalled. It was a summer night and Gauvin was staying at her family farm alone. Her husband was away on work. It had just turned dark and Gauvin was getting ready to leave the bathroom Gauvin when something in the mirror […]
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Murphy named Superintendent of the Year
The chief administrator for SAD 44 called the honor ‘humbling.’