BETHEL — Town meeting voters next month get to elect two new members to the Board of Selectmen from a field of six candidates. Jack Cross and Dennis Doyon are not seeking re-election to three-year terms. Candidates are James Bennett, Seabury Lyon, Lloyd Sweetser, Pat Carter, Larry Smith and Peter Southam. The other contested race […]
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SAD 44 reduces estimated town assessment
BETHEL — Town Manager Jim Doar got some good news last week from SAD 44 officials and he’ll share it with selectmen at their 7 p.m. meeting on Monday, May 9, in the town office. When the board recently worked through the proposed municipal budget, he said school officials didn’t yet have “good numbers” for […]
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‘Walk a Rotary Mile’ to benefit polio eradication
FRYEBURG/BETHEL — The final eradication of polio will be the objective as Five Rotary Clubs combine forces in two separate locations, Fryeburg and Bethel, to “Walk A Rotary Mile” Saturday, May 7. The Rotary clubs of Fryeburg, Bridgton, Oxford Hills, Bethel and Rumford will host walkers and their sponsors as they walk a mile to […]
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Civil War book with unique perspective will be available soon
BETHEL — A new edition of “Write Quick: War and a Woman’s Life in Letters, 1835–1867,” a look at the Civil War era from the perspective of a Northern woman from Maine, will soon be available. The nearly 600-page volume was first published in 2010 by Winoca Press of Wilmington, N.C., but that company’s recent […]
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Bethel Library declares ‘Food Not Fines Week’
BETHEL — Do you have an overdue library book? The Bethel Library has declared the week of May 9 to 14 Food Not Fines Week, part of a statewide fine amnesty food drive coordinated by the Maine State Library. During this week patrons who return their overdue library items will have current and past fines […]
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REACH will present ‘Vagina Monologues’ at two venues
BETHEL — REACH, the sexual assault support center for Oxford County and the towns of Bridgton and Harrison, will once again present Eve Ensler’s award-winning “The Vagina Monologues.” Last year, the performance took place before a full house at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris. To make the production accessible to other areas […]
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Maine conservationist to present program on charted brookie waters
BETHEL — At this month’s Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited meeting a brook trout conservationist will conduct a presentation about technology used to chart wild and native brookie waters. The meeting will begin with a silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, in the Science Auditorium at Gould Academy in Bethel. The meeting itself […]
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Crescent Park Elementary School honor roll
BETHEL — Crescent Park Elementary School has announced the third quarter honor roll. Grade 4 High Honors: Julia Aug, Lilo Bean, Nicole Berry, Julia Cherkis, Lavinia Clarke, Hannah Evans, Luke Hayward, Emily Hanscom, Griffin Lehman, Brooke Richardson, Sadie Richardson, Lily Weafer Honors: Alivia Chappie, Madison Drapeau, Brooklin Gordon, Kurtis Grover, Preston Fultz, Victoria Hamel, Emalee […]
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Contra dances to kick off
Bill Olson on guitar and on fiddle (pictured) are set to kick off the 5th Saturday Norway contra dance series at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, in the Norway Grange. A pre-dance public supper will be provided by the Heywood Club from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Norway Grange on Whitman Street. The […]
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Cleanup work planned for Bethel section of Androscoggin River
BETHEL — A 2-mile stretch of the Androscoggin River will get some attention next month from Telstar High School students and a river conservation group. As part of National River Cleanup, members of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance and students from the Telstar Challenge Course will clean from Newt’s Landing in West Bethel to Davis […]