Mexico High School Class of 1969 MEXICO — Mexico High School Class of 1969 will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Far East. Classmates and guests welcome. For more information, call Donna at 562-8287. Mexico High School Class of 1959 MEXICO — The Mexico High School Class of 1959 is invited to […]
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Spring struggles to gain a foothold
By Amy Chapman It’s the talk of the town. Spend a few minutes in the post office, the grocery store, or the coffee shop, and before long you’ll hear someone bring up the unseasonably cold March temperatures and the way spring seems to be dragging its feet this year. From tradesmen and highway crews to […]
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Sumo wrestling at Telstar Saturday
Sumo wrestling comes to Telstar High School Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. A fundraiser for the THS Softball Team, the event features district staff, football and baseball players, and a mystery player dressed in suits to resemble sumo wrestlers. Other offerings during the evening include speed gun competition, duck competition, 50/50 and other raffles, […]
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Angler’s Alliance transfers assets to Trout Unlimited
The Upper Andro Anglers Alliance, a non-profit corporation formed in 2008 for the purpose of conserving, protecting, restoring and promoting the fishing resources relating to the Upper Androscoggin River, its tributaries and environs dissolved the corporation effective Feb. 27, 2014. UAAA, with headquarters in Bethel, transferred its assets and administration to the Mollyockett Chapter of […]
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Bethel to host UMF professor’s program on long-term climate change in Maine
BETHEL — A University of Maine at Farmington professor will speak about long-term climate variability and its effect on Maine ecosystems at next month’s 2014 Changing Nature Series. The presentation by George Jacobson, professor emeritus of biology, ecology and climate change, will be hosted by the Mahoosuc Land Trust at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, […]
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Open-water anglers won’t be wetting lines by April 1
WILTON — Finding open water on ponds and lakes for fishing April 1 — the traditional day to start open-water fishing — may be impossible without a flamethrower. Those waters are still buried under several feet of ice and snow. Just after 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, one lone ice angler on Wilson Pond trudged through nearly […]
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Bethel-area Androscoggin River conservation corporation dissolves
BETHEL — A nonprofit corporation formed in 2008 to conserve, protect, restore and promote the Upper Androscoggin River’s fishing resources, its tributaries and environs, recently dissolved. The Upper Andro Anglers Alliance transferred its assets and administration to The Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited, effective Feb. 27, to carry on the alliance’s mission, alliance spokeswoman Wende […]
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Gould academy student takes first at science fair
BANGOR — Nine years ago, Dimitri Maxim’s mother, Lefki Michael-Maxim, had a kidney transplant. Since the operation, she has had four biopsies to determine whether her body was rejecting the new kidney, she said. Each time, a piece of the organ was removed. Dimitri, 16, of Carlisle, Mass., didn’t like seeing his mother suffer, so […]
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Bethel Fly Fishing Expo reels in eager anglers
BETHEL — More than 300 fishing enthusiasts attended Saturday’s Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo despite a full-blown afternoon snowstorm and sub-freezing temperatures. They didn’t seem to mind that Maine’s fly-fishing season will start much later than usual because water bodies are still buried under several feet of ice and snow. It was the third year […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust seeks 40-acres along Androscoggin in Bethel
BETHEL — Selectmen on Monday voted to send a letter of support to assist the Mahoosuc Land Trust in acquiring 40 acres owned by the Thurston family along the Androscoggin River, near the River View Resort. It includes 2,400 feet along the river. Trust Executive Director Jim Mitchell told selectmen that his organization was contacted […]