BETHEL — At their April 5 meeting, selectmen were asked by Catherine Ingraham if they’d be willing to take the Mahoosuc Pledge. On the Mahoosuc way website it says the pledge was “created by a core group of local organizations, together with statewide partners. Together, we are committed to creating a sustainable travel destination and […]
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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Pants for a purpose
REGION — An overflow of used pants has led to more than $13,000 being raised for local programs like the Food Pantry, Smile Fund, and SAD 44 Backpack program. The repant project, started by Albany resident Sue Lowe in the fall of 2019, focused on taking pairs of used pants donated to the exchange and […]
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Shelburne Riverlands project now a reality
REGION — Two more grants from New Hampshire-based programs helped the Mahoosuc Land Trust recently complete its purchase of the 861-acre Shelburne Riverlands from Bayroot LLC. MLT officially closed on the land on April 2. The MLT received a $125,000 grant from the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) and a $761,668 grant from […]
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Resident wants hope and happiness back in town
BETHEL — “I just want happiness, I want to show people that there is light at the end of the tunnel,” Bethel resident Kate Carroll said Monday to selectmen via Zoom. Carroll was discussing her plan to use the town common on Saturday, Aug. 14 for her proposed “Festival of Hope,” an effort to restore […]
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Town looks to discontinue section of road
GREENWOOD — Tuesday, selectmen discussed discontinuing a portion of the Patch Mountain Road from the house formerly known as the Hakala Farm to Newcomb Lane. Highway Foreman Alan Seames proposed having the town no longer maintain the road out of the concern that potential subdivisions could end up being built on it, which would force […]
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Looking back on the first schoolhouse
GREENWOOD — In March, the more than 130-year-old building that once served as Greenwood’s Town Office and before that as a schoolhouse, was demolished. The building was erected in the summer and fall of 1889, two years after the new road into Locke’s Mills was constructed. It started out as single room schoolhouse with only […]
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West Paris to discuss 2nd Amendment sanctuary resolution
No voting on the resolution will occur at the 5 p.m. hearing Thursday, but a special town meeting will be scheduled soon after to see what residents want to do.
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Land Trust gets grant
REGION — The Mahoosuc Land Trust recently received a $4,000 grant after finishing second in the 2021 Bangor Savings Bank Community Matters More program. Established in 2007 by the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation, the program looks at impactful nonprofits in New Hampshire and Maine communities and has residents of both states determine the winners by […]
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Boiling Sap
BETHEL — Telstar students wrapped up their winter ecology unit this week, which culminated with them boiling sap behind the school’s greenhouse on Tuesday. Throughout the duration of the unit, Local Ecology teacher Elke Blauss focused on teaching students about snow, avalanches and how to track in the snow, but then one student asked her […]
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Program helping students get ahead of curve
REGION — Earlier this month, Chyanna Millett-Cordwell, a Jobs For Maine Graduates (JMG) Specialist at Telstar, gave a short presentation to school board members on how the JMG program can give students a jumpstart on how to prepare for life after high school. “JMG is a not-for-profit organization that partners with public and private businesses to […]