BETHEL — For nearly a decade, John and Amy Amann, the owners of the Italian restaurant 22 Broad Street, have selected certain days to donate 100 percent of their proceeds and gratuities to organizations and programs in the Bethel area. Their latest campaign has raised $6,100 toward replacing the “ancient” basketball hoops at Telstar Regional […]
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SAD 44 budget approved
BETHEL — SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy said Tuesday night that the five towns in the school district approved a $10.56 million budget by a vote of 611-386. Voting for the budget were Bethel, 295-137; Greenwood, 57-19; and Woodstock, 91-27. Newry voted against the budget 63-72, as did Andover, 105-131. The budget is $192,915 more […]
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Bethel incumbents Sweetser, Carter re-elected to Board of Selectmen
BETHEL — Residents voted to re-elect incumbents Pat Carter and Lloyd Sweetser to the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. Sweetser got 255 votes; Carter, 248; Aaron Crockett, 182; and Gabe Perkins, who dropped out of the race in late May, 77; Town Clerk Christen Mason said. Selectman Don Bennett was elected to the Board of […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Annual town meeting, 7 p.m., Crescent Park School Buckfield: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Thursday Sumner: Fire Department, 6 p.m., Town Office Saturday Buckfield: Annual town meeting, 9 a.m., Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Hartford: Annual town meeting, 9 a.m., Town Hall
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This week’s agenda
Wednesday Bethel: Annual town meeting, 7 p.m., Crescent Park School Mexico: Mexico Water District Board of Trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Photo exhibit shows logging in Western Maine
WEST PARIS — Many people in the West Paris community and the Western Oxford Hills are able to share that their father, grandfathers and even their fathers, were part of the great logging heritage of this area. As part of its yearlong commitment to “Celebrating the Maine Woods,” and with the generous help of the […]
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Bridge club to take part in ‘Longest Day’ tourney
OXFORD — Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club met May 30 in the Recreation Building, King Street, when a nine-table Mitchell movement was played Finishing first in flight A, N/S, were Paul Kahl, Westbrook, and Rick Verrill, Westbrook, who also were first in flight B; second, Marta Clements, Woodstock, and Hazel Glazier, Norway, who also were […]
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Plow truck, sidewalk construction on Bethel warrant
BETHEL — Voters will decide whether to buy a plow truck and build a sidewalk when they gather for the annual town meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at Crescent Park School. Selectmen Chairman Stan Howe said Tuesday night that the 2014-15 municipal budget is “slightly higher” than this year’s approximately $6 million total. […]
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Former Andover resident publishes novel about Molly Ockett
BATH — A former Andover resident has published a fictional account of the life of Molly Ockett, an Abenaki healing woman born in the 18th century. Karen Johnson, who now resides in Bath, published her first novel, “Singing Bird: Molly Ockett, A Maine Legend,” on May 19 at local bookstores and Amazon, and describes it […]
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Maine trail race raises awareness, funds for suicide prevention
Online registration closes on June 4 BETHEL — The second annual Ryan’s Trail Run: A Run For Life will take place Sunday, June 22, on the Pine Hill Trails at Gould Academy. The 5- and 10-kilometer race is named for Ryan Gilman of Wallagrass, an outgoing, likable dad who suffered from depression. On April 9, […]