Bethel voters attending next week’s annual Town Meeting will consider proposed changes to town ordinances, including more specific standards for building design aesthetics and a loosening of some standards on signs, including flags and political and real estate signs. The Planning Board and Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Warden are proposing new wording in order to, […]
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Bethel voters to consider $3.7 million budget
Bethel voters go to the polls Tuesday and to Town Meeting Wednesday to decide on issues ranging from water fluoridation to capital improvements to funding the Mountain Explorer. If all money articles are approved at Town Meeting, the estimated mil rate (factoring in the county budget share, expected SAD 44 share, and offsetting revenues) would […]
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Rumford cook hired as Region 9’s debut culinary arts program instructor
MEXICO — Deborah Nokes of Rumford has two major passions: cooking and teaching children. This fall, she gets to mix those skills together with new curriculum ingredients for Region 9’s debut culinary arts program recipe. Steeped in an Italian family heritage rich in cooking, Nokes was hired Wednesday evening — much to her surprise — […]
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Bethel voters to decide on $3.7 million municipal budget
BETHEL — Residents will vote on a $3.7 million municipal budget at next week’s annual town meeting. The meeting begins at the polls Tuesday, June 9, at Crescent Park School and will continue at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, also at the school. One issue to be decided at the polls is whether the Bethel […]
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Region 9 board approves wage hikes, hires culinary arts instructor
MEXICO — Vocational Region 9’s school board on Wednesday unanimously OK’d 2 percent raises for several staff members. The raises were included in the School of Applied Technology’s budget approved by voters last month. The board also hired former office administrator Deborah Nokes as instructor for the new culinary arts program. Those receiving hourly wage […]
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Andover board worries about giving ATVs town-road access
ANDOVER — Since granting access early last month to all-terrain vehicles for two sections of town roads, Andover selectmen have worried about liability implications. On April 7, selectmen opened two sections of South Arm Road and North Main Street to ATV traffic while the Roxbury ATV Riders Club is building a new trail to Upton. […]
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Bethel board approves waivers for town employees’ accumulated vacation time
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to approve waivers for three town employees who have accrued vacation time. Town Manager Christine Landes told the board that the town’s personnel policy allows employees to accumulate a maximum of 240 hours of vacation time. “The employees are allowed a ‘once-in-10-year’ (cash) payout of […]
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Bethel selectmen approve increasing number of Recreation Board members
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to approve an ordinance change that would increase the Recreation Board’s ranks from five regular members and two alternates to seven regular members and two alternates. Selectman Peter Southam asked Town Manager Christine Landes if increasing the number of members on the Recreation Board would […]
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Ordinance change, warrant approval on agenda for Bethel selectmen
BETHEL — A public hearing on an ordinance change and the approval of the annual town meeting warrant are on the agenda for Monday’s selectmen meeting. It will begin at 7 p.m. June 1 at the Town Office. Town Manager Christine Landes said the Recreation Board is seeking to increase its ranks five regular members […]
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Bethel to consider tearing down Ethel Bisbee School
BETHEL — Selectmen on Monday put out for discussion whether the town should tear down the Ethel Bisbee School building. The old school was turned over to the town, at its request, by SAD 44 last year. There had been discussion at the time about the town possibly using the property for recreational purposes. Selectman […]