Bethel Seniors meeting change BETHEL — The Bethel Senior Citizens Club will meet for dinner and a meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Black Diamond Restaurant at Sunday River. Note the change of location. The meal will be a turkey dinner. The cost is $12. Reservations must be made before Jan. 31 […]
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Greenwood man accused of kicking, threatening officer
BETHEL — A Greenwood man is charged with kicking an Oxford County Sheriff’s Office deputy at a domestic violence incident Saturday night. David Brian Cherkis, 44, was arrested on charges of assault on an officer and domestic assault, according to a report by Deputy Peter Casey. Cherkis was being held in the Oxford County Jail […]
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Hebron Academy Middle School honor roll
HEBRON — Hebron Academy Middle School Director Paul Brouwer recently presented certificates for the fall trimester honor roll. Highest honors (A- average or higher): Rachel Brouwer of Hebron, Jaelen Coney of Auburn, Jahvon Coney of Auburn, Sophia List of Bethel, Charlie Morton of South Paris, Jack Morton of South Paris and Madeline Williams of Mason […]
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Ski Museum of Maine to give presentation
NEWRY — Ski Museum of Maine will meet at Sunday River on Monday, Jan. 28, for a day of skiing and ski history. A cinnamon bun and coffee social will take place at 10 a.m. in Peak Lodge. Meet some of Sunday River’s team members and the local 50-plus ski club, the Primetime Ski Club. […]
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Art Group annual meeting NORWAY — The Annual Meeting of the Western Maine Art Group will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Harper Room, 193 Main St. Hear about new opportunities to show art in the new MainStreet Gallery, 426 Main St. Sign up for the Norway Arts Festival […]
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Bethel poet sees our unity, not division
“One Today” by Richard Blanco, as read at Monday’s presidential inaugural for Barack Obama. One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,peeking over the Smokies, greeting the facesof the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truthacross the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a storytold by […]
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Bethel, Maine, poet gives inaugural poem
WASHINGTON (AP) — Poet Richard Blanco of Bethel, Maine, delivered the inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, recited a poem that painted vivid scenes about America and included reflections on his experience growing up as Cuban exile in New York City and Miami. Blanco […]
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Sons of Italy meet at lodge RUMFORD — The Gorizia Lodge 467 of the Sons of Italy will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, beginning at 6 p.m. at the hall in Smithcrossing. All members are strongly encouraged to attend. Meetings have moved back to the lodge at the request of members. Cary […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust hosting first winter hike of 2013
BETHEL – The Mahoosuc Land Trust will host its first winter hike of the season Saturday, Jan. 19, at Puzzle Mountain in Newry. According to Jim Mitchell, the executive director of the Mahoosuc Land Trust, the hike on Puzzle Mountain will begin at 8:30 a.m., and will be led by Gabe Perkins, who predicts the […]
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Well done – Students honored for achievement
PARIS — Kelly Laplante has been selected as the 2012-13 recipient of the Central Maine Community College Aspire Higher scholarship. This scholarship enables her to take up to 15 credits of CMCC courses tuition free at the Western Maine Community College Center in South Paris. Laplante is an Oxford native and attended Oxford Hills Comprehensive […]