STONEHAM — A Bethel woman was killed Friday night in a vehicle crash on Main Street near Keeywadin Lake. Ashley Gordon, 31, of Bethel, was a passenger in a pickup truck that hit a tree at about 6:30 p.m. Friday and died in the crash, according to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. Two children who […]
Bethel
News and information about the Bethel area from the Sun Journal.
SAD 44 board proposes $2.4M bus garage; voters to decide in November
Three options were presented: Two for new construction at Telstar high school and one for renovating the former Chadbourne Tree Farms garage on Route 26 in Bethel.
Discussion on proposed propane site to continue
Although the site was approved in late June, residents of Forest Drive appealed the boards decision.
This week’s agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Livermore: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Select Board budget workshop, 6 p.m., Municipal Center. Regular Select Board meeting to follow. Farmington: […]
Maryland woman, 75, drowns after canoe tips over in Bethel
The victim got trapped under the canoe after it flipped with her husband and daughter also tossed into the Androscoggin River.
Bethel man recalls time at Woodstock festival 50 years ago
Classic rock enthusiast Mark Harrington reflects on some of his favorite moments at Woodstock.
This week’s agenda
Monday Hebron: Select Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Select Board, sewer commitment, 3 p.m., Town Office Jay: Select Board, regular meeting, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: […]
Forgotten get recognition in East Bethel Cemetery
BETHEL — A stone marking the burials of people from the late 19th and early 20th centuries who had lived at the “Kimball Town Farm” was dedicated this week at the East Bethel Cemetery. The effort was a community service project of the Alder River Grange, with additional funding from the Maine State Grange, according […]
This week’s agenda
Monday Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Casco: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Wednesday Buckfield: Community Day Planning workshop, 3 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Brainstorming on Town Office, 7 p.m., Town Hall Thursday Buckfield: Library Committee, 6:30 p.m., Zadoc Long Free Library Canton: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, […]
This week’s agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Select Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Select Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Downtown Workshop, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., The Forum, Mt. Blue Campus […]