BETHEL — How to make “Good Meals in 30 Minutes or Less” is the topic of a To Your Health program to be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Bethel Congregational Church, 32 Church St. Chef Elton Cole and Pat Watson, registered dietitian at Stephens Memorial Hospital, will hold a […]
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McWilliams joins Gould as CFO
BETHEL — Gould Academy has hired accomplished private school financial administrator Beth McWilliams as the new chief financial officer, effective July 1. McWilliams will leave the Hillside School, a junior boarding school in Marlborough, Mass., where she has spent the last four years leading their business office. Prior to the Hillside School, McWilliams worked as […]
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Civil War exhibit opening at Bethel Historical Society
BETHEL — Historian Randall Bennett held history in his hands late Tuesday afternoon at one of the Bethel Historical Society‘s museums. Gripped tightly in one hand was a long, double-bladed metal saw with a wooden handle; the other hand held a mangled metal ball, a bullet. Bennett, the society’s executive director, said the “horrific” surgeons’ […]
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Selectmen discuss possible terms and conditions for Bethel dog park
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen decided Monday night to table further discussion on the Bethel dog park, including approval of the terms and conditions, until its next meeting. Town Manager Jim Doar explained to the public that one of the concerns selectmen had was “we shouldn’t be asking the people to vote without knowing […]
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Bethel dog park on selectmen’s agenda Monday
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussion on a dog park proposal Monday night, including a referendum asking residents’ permission to accept donations to construct it. During the Feb. 11 board meeting, Town Manager Jim Doar said he would draft language for a referendum on the dog park proposal at the June annual […]
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Les Otten creating online hub for virtual golfers
BETHEL — Les Otten wants to build a worldwide, virtual golfing community. The Bethel entrepreneur and former gubernatorial candidate has launched a new online network meant to link each of the 11,000 golf simulators he has sold through his company, P3. “We took something that had an original application, which was basically to help you […]
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James L. Monahan
NORWAY — James L. Monahan, 95, of Bethel, passed away on Tuesday, March 5, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. He was born in Montreal, Canada, Jan. 28, 1918, the son of George T. and Margret Houley Monahan. He graduated from Berlin, N.H. High School in 1937 and attended the University of Wisconsin. He graduated from Black […]
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Rumford resident speaks to crowd about Japanese pilgrimage
BETHEL — Rumford resident Toshio Hashimoto spoke to a crowd at Gould Academy on Tuesday night about his religious pilgrimage in Japan. Hashimoto, who owns Toshimobile, Inc. in Rumford and grows his own prize-winning shiitake mushrooms, visited the island of Shikoku in March 2011 as part of a Buddhist pilgrimage to the 88 temples on […]
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Bethel Historical Society to celebrate Women’s History Month
BETHEL — To celebrate Women’s History Month, the Bethel Historical Society will show the film “Reaching Out for Liberty & Light: The Life of Frances Payne Bolton”on Saturday, March 30. The younger sister of William Bingham II, Bethel’s greatest philanthropist, Frances Payne (Bingham) Bolton is recognized as an outstanding and influential politician, humanitarian, philanthropist, and […]
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Love of outdoors spurs forestry students
MEXICO — What causes teenage boys to talk about love and passion? Believe it or not, it’s the Region 9 School of Applied Technology forestry/wood harvesting/heavy equipment program. “I chose forestry because I love to be outdoors,” said Dirigo junior Julian Baldinelli, who is in the first year of the two-year program. Second-year student Travis […]