The community is invited to a Faith and Film potluck and screening of the documentary movie “Leap of Faith” on Friday, June 20, at 6 p.m. at West Parish Congregational UCC, Church Street, Bethel.
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Hanover to hold Special Town Meeting June 18
Voters will decide if they should contribute $7,500 toward scales for the Tri-town Transfer Station
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Telstar graduates at Bethel Common for annual send-off
Fire trucks and ambulances; and carful’s of family and friends parade past the Telstar Class of 2025 graduates.
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Stormy skies, warm hearts mark Telstar graduation
Class co-president Tehya Buck said to her fellow graduates, “When you lead with empathy, you make space for compassion … in a world fueled by hatred it’s easy to get lost. So as we all go onto our next journey, I hope we leave room for empathy in our lives.”
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Telstar graduates 41 from Bethel area
Students from several area towns will walk across the stage Friday night, June 6 to receive their diploma. Nearly half the class has received academic honors.
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Bethel voters to weigh big budget, waste fees, town office repairs
Included in the proposed fiscal year $12.28M dollar budget are the approved MSAD-44 and Oxford County budgets.
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Bethel area SAD-44 budget passes first vote; final decision set for June 10
The budget will rise 13.6% to $17.61M for Fiscal Year 2026. The increase from FY25 is $2.1M
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Oh Bubba!
BETHEL — It’s 5:30 a.m. inside the Bethel bus garage, and the laughter is already flowing. Brenda “Bubba” Blaisdell has been the life of this party since 1974, when she first started driving for the SAD 44 district. “Wild,” is how one fellow driver describes Bubba. “It’s really quiet and there isn’t a lot of […]
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Lessons learned on Woodstock’s Forest Playground
Principal Beth Clarke hopes this space will spark a love of the outdoors that stays with these students — not just when they go home for the summer, but for a lifetime.
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Learning to ‘just be kids’ on Woodstock School’s Forest Playground
Woodstock School Principal Beth Clarke contrived the idea of a Forest Playground after seeing the success of a similar outdoor space at her former school.