BYRON — Selectmen were asked this week why they plow part of Garland Pond Road for one resident with a medical issue and not another on the same road. Sarah Nadeau, speaking on behalf of Darla Patneaude, said Patneaude is paying $100 per storm to have the road plowed from the Roxbury town line to her […]
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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Bethel board extends medical marijuana moratorium
BETHEL — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to extend the moratorium on town approval for medical marijuana stores for another 180 days. The vote followed a public hearing Selectman Peter Southam said the moratorium is retroactive to December, when the previous one expired. Mike Everett told selectmen Monday that a law went into effect that a town […]
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Bethel names new town manager
BETHEL — Selectmen on Wednesday announced that Loretta Powers will be the town’s next town manager. Powers’ official start date is Monday, Dec. 31. She will take over for interim Town Manager David Holt, who had held the position since August. Powers was previously town administrator of Newry and had served as Bethel’s deputy town clerk […]
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Newry selectmen discuss expanded web access
NEWRY — As the town has continued to grow as a year-round residential community, demand has increased for improved internet service. Mia Purcell, manager of economic development at Community Concepts, told Newry selectmen Tuesday night about options for expanded broadband service. Spectrum is the town’s cable-based internet service provider. Parts of the community, however, have little […]