BETHEL — Area fire departments have joined an effort by the family of a local girl fighting leukemia to equip rooms at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital with refrigerators. Hailey Steward, 9, of Bethel is in her second bout with the disease, so her family has been spending a lot of time at the hospital. […]

BETHEL — Selectmen and members of the Budget Committee recently finished work on a $3.8 million municipal budget, which is up $130,895 from last year. It includes increases in wages, solid waste costs and capital improvements. The budget will be voted on at the town meeting in June. If all monetary articles pass and estimates […]

BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Land Trust is inviting residents to participate in a guided walk at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, on the Valentine Farm, 162 North Road. Participants will view the mating dances of the American woodcock, member Jolan Ippolito said. Paul Motts, who recently retired as a National Park Service naturalist, will guide […]

BETHEL — Bahre Station LLC of Oxford has purchased the so-called “snowman lot” at Bethel Station, according to Realtor Tony Donovan of KW Commercial of Portland. The principal of Bahre Station is Gary Bahre, Donovan said Monday. The deal was closed Feb. 22, he said. “Their intended use has not been clarified,” Donovan said. “There […]