BETHEL — “What a hoot!” Mary Myos of Northville, Minn., said Saturday morning, standing on the sidewalk in a light drizzle. For 20 minutes, she and other guests staying at The Victoria Inn watched about 150 Jeeps parade up and down Main Street during the 25th annual Maine Mountains Jeep Jamboree USA. “This is incredible,” […]
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Jeep Jamboree celebrating 25 years on the trails
BETHEL — The Maine Mountains Jeep Jamboree USA, which comes to Bethel this weekend, got its start 25 years ago with an off-road ride in a Ford Bronco. Mark Smith of Georgetown, Calif., who established what would become a nationwide Jeepers Jamboree more than 60 years ago, came to Bethel through a business connection with […]
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11-year-old boy bags 502-pound bear in Bethel
BETHEL — Eleven-year-old Steven Myers Jr. of New Jersey has advice for anyone taking a shot at a 502-pound black bear. “Practice,” the young hunter said. On Monday, Myers shot and killed a 502-pound bruin, one of the largest bagged in Maine in the past two years, a state bear biologist said. Bruce Myers, the […]
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Bethel group schedules lectures on Alzheimer’s disease
BETHEL — The Western Mountains Senior College program titled “To Your Health” is hosting its monthly lecture from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Bethel Congregational Church. The focus is on recognizing the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Rosabelle Tifft, chairman of the program, said that after the college’s program went on […]
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Parking request on Bethel board agenda
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen on Monday will continue discussion on a resident’s request for an easement to park on town property being considered for a veterans monument. The board meeting begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Town Office. Interim Town Manager Steve Eldridge said the town acquired the lot for nonpayment […]
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SAD 44 superintendent unsure of effect of Andover withdrawal
BETHEL — SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy said Friday that he is unsure what financial effect Andover’s withdrawal from the district would have on its other four towns. Andover residents voted 298-103 Wednesday to leave SAD 44. The first vote in January fell eight votes short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. “I’m sure […]
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LePage urges hunters to donate meat to the needy
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is urging Maine hunters to donate meat to help feed needy families. The Republican governor said the Hunters for the Hungry Program lets Maine hunters “pursue a sport they love and help their neighbors at the same time.” Through the program, hunters can donate bear, deer and moose meat […]
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Eddy School students create fairy village for Mahoosuc Land Trust in Bethel
BETHEL — There’s no shortage of fairy housing in Bethel now. Twelve students in grades five through eight from The Eddy School in Newry put their imaginations and nature construction skills to work early Friday afternoon. They built a fairy home village in a stand of mixed hardwoods and white pine near the Mahoousuc Land […]
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Vermont woman killed in Bethel accident on Sunday
BETHEL — Police on Monday identified the woman killed in a multicar accident on Route 2 on Sunday afternoon as Arlene Shepler, 60, of Randolph, Vt. Shepler was killed instantly after her 2006 Audi collided with two vehicles, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said. Shepler was traveling east with her husband, David Shepler. Their car […]
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Bethel board wrestles with parking request
BETHEL — A Main Street resident asked selectmen Monday night to seek voter approval for an easement so she can park on town property being considered for a veterans monument. Interim Town Manager Steve Eldridge said the town acquired the lot for nonpayment of taxes and was in the process of allowing an Honor Roll […]