The annual festival had been renamed Summerfest in 2020 after fifty years as Molly Ockett Day.
Bethel
Newry Appeals Board sends Timberline condominium plans back to Planning Board
Plans for the proposed project at 9 Timberline Drive near Sunday River Ski Resort were criticized for “inadequate information.”
Emma Newell receives Principal’s Award
Newell was recognized for academics and leadership at Telstar High School in Bethel.
Blind Sulky Races coming to Andover Olde Home Days; Fender guitar in the raffle
The popular festival now in it’s 49th year, will be held Aug. 1, 2, and 3 with a theme of “Andover, Then and Now”
Oxford Hills High School senior will teach the science of sap at Swain’s Sugar House in Bethel
Megan Millett plans to help visitors better understand the science of why the sap runs and the process of how to boil it into maple syrup,
Bethel’s Olivia Cuneo offers coffee, conversation from a converted horse cart
Cuneo said she’s had many heart-to heart conversations with her regulars, whose drink orders she remembers before their names.
Maine Adaptive’s fundraising event returns to Newry March 23
The Ski-A-Thon brings over 150 skiers to Sunday River.
New book club to focus on the environment
Mahoosuc Land Trust Development Coordinator Georgia Grzywacz, said she hopes the club will inspire more conversation and community around environment-related literature in the Bethel area.
Crunch time for western Maine loggers
Many towns will be posting their roads soon, meaning certain roads will be closed to heavy logging trucks to prevent potential damage to the thawing asphalt.
Bethel Planning Board wants to be paid
The seven member board handles a higher volume of paperwork and has to meet pressing deadlines that other boards do not.