Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Crescent Park School Buckfield: Holiday-Light Decorating Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Farmington: RSU 9 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Mt. Blue Campus, The Forum Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: […]
Bethel
News and information about the Bethel area from the Sun Journal.
This week's agenda
Monday Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 Educational Policy Committee, 6 p.m., Chef’s Table, Mt. Blue Campus Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., […]
Jackman joins resistance against CMP power line project
JACKMAN — This Somerset County town has joined a number of towns and organizations throughout the state in opposing Central Maine Power Co.’s proposed transmission line that would bring hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts via western Maine. Residents voted 78-11 against the project Wednesday night in a special town meeting at the Forest Hills Consolidated […]
Snowstorm brings joy to Sunday River trails
Sean Oddy of Old Orchard Beach rides the Aurora chairlift early Tuesday at Sunday River Ski Resort so he can enjoy unspoiled ski runs. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Ski patroller Brian Denley of Bethel carves a step out of the ice leading into the partial shack at the top of Barker Mountain on Tuesday morning. (Andree […]
Drivers take a break from the cold in Bethel
Mike Fleet, left, Dennis Wilson, Bill Vieweg, Mike Jodrey, Kenneth Cole and Doug Wilson gather for a break Tuesday morning from their winter driving jobs at the Mallard Mart in Bethel. The five men drive snowplows and deliver fuel in the area. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School cafe Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 board […]
SAD 44 hires new athletic trainer
BETHEL — Superintendent Dave Murphy announced Monday night that Abbie Richardson is School Administrative District 44’s new athletic trainer. She will begin Dec. 3. “From a personal point of view as your superintendent, I have really thought that an athletic trainer is an essential position for our students,” Murphy told the school board Monday evening. “More […]
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 Farmington: RSU 9 Operations Committee, 6 p.m., Chef’s Table, Mt. Blue Campus Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 Personnel […]
This week's agenda
Monday Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Board of Assessors and Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Ordinance Review Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Community Day […]
Bethel board sets town vote on treatment plant loan
BETHEL — Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday to hold a special town meeting Dec. 10 to vote on a $1.2 million loan for wastewater treatment plant improvements. The money would come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program. Interim Town Manager David Holt said he did not see a better financing option, and he […]