BETHEL — Sunday River Ski Resort and the Maine Department of Labor have joined to form a culinary apprenticeship program. The program will allow 10 culinary professionals to get experience in on-the-job training at Sunday River. A sponsor ceremony was held recently to make the partnership official. Sunday River became the 82nd sponsor to register […]
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News and information about the Bethel area from the Sun Journal.
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This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Rural enterprises flourishing across Maine
WHITEFIELD — When Robin Chase opened her bakery earlier this year at the farm she and her husband own, it was a project nearly 40 years in the making. “If you have a good product,” Chase said, “people will find you.” For 18 years, Chase has baked from her home at 333 Townhouse Road in […]
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Regional 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. Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office. Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office. Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office. Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 7 p.m., Mt. Blue Campus. Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., […]
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Mark Kenney to be principal of Telstar high and middle schools
BETHEL — Mark Kenney, principal for the past three years at Telstar Middle School, will add the principalship of Telstar High School to his responsibilities. The School Administrative District 44 board of directors voted Monday to expand Kenney’s role. Prior to becoming principal at the middle school, Kenney was dean of students there for a […]
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District Attorney Robinson seeks re-election
Having secured the Democratic nomination, District Attorney Andrew S. Robinson has announced his candidacy for re-election in Maine Prosecutorial District 3, which includes Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Robinson joined the DA’s office in 1999, serving as an assistant district attorney for 12 years and deputy district attorney for two years. As district attorney, he […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Jay: Solid Waste Committee, 6 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Public hearing on noise complaint against Buck-It Grill & Pub, 6 p.m., Municipal Center. Selectmen’s meeting to follow. Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, […]
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After 34 years, trekker still gets butterflies
NEWRY — Scott Cowger of Hallowell participated in the first Trek Across Maine bike ride in 1984 because he wanted to get into better shape and needed a goal “to pay in for.” Since then he’s become heavily involved with the American Lung Association and its mission for clean air: advocating for the cause as […]
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Carey wins GOP primary
LEWISTON — Seth Carey has emerged the winner of Tuesday’s GOP primary for the office of district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, topping fellow Republican candidate Alex Willette by more than 1,800 votes. Carey was the decisive winner in Auburn, where he lives and has recently established a private law practice. Willette, a […]
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Telstar freshmen assist in Androscoggin Watershed study
BETHEL — Students of the Telstar Freshman Academy at Telstar High School are learning about water, including its connection to them and its importance in Maine’s ecosystem. They traveled recently to streams and rivers throughout western Maine with Androscoggin Watershed Council fisheries biologist Jeff Stern, assisting Stern in retrieving and recording water temperatures to add […]