Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Community Center Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Community Center Farmington: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Jay: Solid Waste Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Community […]
Bethel
News and information about the Bethel area from the Sun Journal.
This week's agenda
Monday Buckfield: Board of Assessors, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center. Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library. Hebron: Selectmen, 7 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 Buckfield: Community Day Committee, 6:30 p.m., […]
Landowner: New wind proposal 'unacceptable'
BETHEL — The local Ordinance Review Committee reached a tentative agreement last week on a proposal to lessen key restrictions in the town’s new commercial wind power ordinance. But landowner Bob Chadbourne, who has closed his lands to recreational use in protest of the ordinance and to highlight landowner rights, said after last week’s meeting that what the panel came up with […]
This week's agenda
Monday Hartford: Food bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall. Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office. Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office. Rumford: Rumford Public Library board of trustees, 3:30 p.m., Municipal Building. Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center. Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building. Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office. Mexico: Selectmen, […]
Walkers raise money for childhood cancer awareness
BETHEL — The third annual Team Hailey Hugs walk-a-thon took place on Saturday at Crescent Park elementary school in Bethel, with the turnout this year better than ever, and so were the donations. Team Hailey Hugs was created by the Steward family of Bethel, and some of their friends, in honor of their daughter, Hailey […]
Telstar students show school spirit at Homecoming
Sophomore Angela Cintron demonstrates her school spirit with face paint in Telstar Regional Middle/High School’s colors, blue and white, at the Homecoming event on the Bethel Common Tuesday night. The school will hold a Homecoming Dance on Friday night. Students and staff organized Community Night on the Common Tuesday as part of the celebration of Homecoming Week […]
Hailey Steward will be remembered for courage, bravery
BETHEL — “Our beautiful girl went to Jesus,” Tabaitha Steward said in a Facebook post late Saturday night, announcing that her daughter, Hailey, had passed away. Hailey Steward, 10, died at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital just before 8 p.m. on Saturday night after an almost 6-year-long battle with leukemia. She was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic […]
This week's agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission public hearing on TIF, 6 […]
Grandparents, Special Friends Day at SAD 44
BETHEL — Elementary schools in School Administrative District 44 participated in Grandparents and Special Friends Day, a tradition since 1990. In Kirsten Meader’s first grade classroom at Crescent Park Elementary School, students were overjoyed to show their grandparents and special friends what they do every day at school. “I was most excited about showing (my […]
Sunday River announces $4.7 million in upgrades
NEWRY — Sunday River Ski Resort announced plans to invest $4.7 million in snow-making equipment, a new trail, new chairlift and slope-side condominium complex. Beginners can look forward to a new trail, Bear Paw, on Locke Mountain. The trail was created in partnership with Gould Academy in Bethel to keep traffic off Monday Mourning, the […]