BETHEL — About 100 round bales of hay ignited Sunday evening, and the fire narrowly missed the East Bethel Grange Hall. Eva Coolidge of 994 East Bethel Road said she and her family were at a cookout nearby when her son Ryan noticed fire coming from the back of their barn where the hay was […]
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‘Life Goes On’ is sermon topic PARIS — “Life Goes On” is the title of the sermon for Sunday, April 15, at the First Universalist Church on Pine Street. Silver Moore-Leamon will lead the 10 a.m. worship service. Music is under the direction of Joyce Franklin and the Sunday School is under the direction of […]
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Telstar teens say friends and sports keep them in school
BETHEL — Friends, sports and career preparation are the most-named reasons that keep students “connected” to Telstar High School, a recent survey shows. The survey was done as part of an annual update of the SAD 44 Dropout Prevention Plan. Principal Dan Hart presented the results to the School Board on Monday. Students were asked […]
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Veterans raffle winner PARIS — The South Paris Maine Veterans Home Easter basket raffle was won by the Naples VFW Post 11362. They in turn donated the basket to a local church food pantry. GLBT group forming AUGUSTA — Integrity, a national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Episcopalians, is forming a new […]
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Richard S. Kimball
BETHEL — Richard S. Kimball, 82, of Bethel, died Tuesday, April 10, at his home with his family by his side. He was born in East Bethel, July 16, 1929, the son of Ceylon and Doris Davis Kimball. He was a lifelong resident raising his own family on the same homestead where he was born. […]
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Bethel mother recalls drive that led to son’s death
BETHEL — Jessica Thurston, the driver of a car that crashed last summer in Oxford and led to the death of her 8-year-old son, said her reliance on a methadone maintenance program did not cause the accident, but being tired probably did. Thurston contacted the Sun Journal on Tuesday, the day a story was published […]
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Bethel Historical Society to hold annual History Symposium
BETHEL — On Saturday, April 14, the Bethel Historical Society will hold its annual History Symposium from 2 to 4 p.m. in the South Dining Room of the Bethel Inn. This year’s symposium, which is free and open to the public, is titled, “Don’t Let the Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story: […]
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Two Maine forest rangers save Bethel garage from wildfire
BETHEL — Two Maine Forest Service rangers were credited Saturday with saving a Bethel garage off Route 26 from a dangerous wildfire despite facing intense heat. Neither Ranger Brad Bucknell nor Ranger Jay Bernard was injured, said Lt. Jeffrey Currier, Southern District ranger for the forest service. Shortly after 3 p.m., Bucknell had cleared an […]
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Oxford County arrest log
* Thomas C. Brown II, 58, of Mexico, April 3, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, $800 cash bail, Mexico Police Department. * Jessica L. Grover, 32, of Bethel, April 3, operating after suspension, $300 unsecured bond, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Martin A. Holmquist, 33, of Peru, April 3, operating after suspension, failure to […]