NEWRY — A young Bethel girl was at home Wednesday, recovering from a serious head injury suffered Sunday when she fell headfirst into a drainage ravine while skiing at Sunday River Ski Resort. When found by ski patrollers, Kayla Kofton-Bileau, 14, who suffered a severe concussion, loss of consciousness and back pain in the accident, […]
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Business leaders want state to improve workforce
AUGUSTA — Robin Zinchuk doesn’t parse words when she explains the problems facing Maine’s economy and the condition of the state’s workforce development system. “We’ve heard these stories again and again,” Zinchuk, the executive director of the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce, told a select committee of state lawmakers during a hearing Monday. “We’ve got […]
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Women, heart disease is topic of Senior College program Feb. 7
BETHEL — “The characteristics of heart disease in women are quite unique compared to men,” said Dr. Daniel van Buren, who will speak on “Good Strong Heart: Women and Heart Disease” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Bethel Congregational Church, Church Street. The snow date will be Feb. 14. Van Buren […]
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Fish eradication planned for Albany Township
BETHEL — A public informational meeting on a plan to eradicate fish in three Albany Township ponds will take place Feb. 6 in Bethel. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Evans Notch Visitor Center on Route 2 in Bethel. Snow date is Feb. 7. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife […]
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Local Food Connection to host Thursday Night Film Series at Bethel cafe
BETHEL — The Local Food Connection will begin hosting its Thursday Night Film Series beginning Feb. 7 and continuing until April. According to Amy Scott, a member of the Local Food Connection, the film series is “a little bit of a repeat of a film series done last summer into the fall, with a few […]
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Well done
WORCESTER, Mass. — Margaret Corrigan of New Gloucester, Maine, a junior majoring in civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Nantucket. The project was titled “Evaluating the Condition of Private Roads on Nantucket.” At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that addresses an […]
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Student leaders to travel to Washington, D.C.
FAIRFAX, Va. — Anna Tyrina, a student at Telstar High School, has been selected to represent Maine as a National Youth Delegate to the 2013 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University, to be held June 23-28. Tyrina joins a select group of 250 students from across the country to participate in […]
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BHS exhibits fund established in memory of Gordon Fish
BETHEL — At the Jan. 28 meeting of the Bethel Historical Society’s board of trustees, a resolution was passed to establish the Gordon A. Fish Exhibits Fund with a $10,000 bequest recently received by the society for this purpose from his four children. This fund and any additional gifts received to support the organization’s ongoing […]
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Business supporters help Bethel Historical Society
BETHEL — The Bethel Historical Society’s Business Partner’s program for 2013 is now underway, with letters highlighting the benefits of membership in BHS having been mailed to some 60 area businesses. As one of the leading cultural institutions of its type in northern New England, the society realizes that this ranking is due in large […]