bethel maine
Bethel/Locke Mills drops Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Bethel/Locke Mills jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning and held off Brunswick for a 6-3 victory in an American Legion baseball opener Thursday. Jeb Clarke got the win for Bethel/Locke Mills before being relieved by Ben Fields in the fifth inning. Clarke also had two hits and teammate Drew […]
Bethel OKs nearly $3.4 million budget
BETHEL — Forty people approved a municipal budget of nearly $3.4 million in just 33 minutes at town meeting Wednesday evening. “It went quicker than last year’s,” Town Manager Jim Doar said of that 45-minute meeting. He quipped that he hoped they’d beat Oxford’s 22-minute town meeting this past Saturday, but moderator Harry “Dutch” Dresser […]
19 day trips planned for Androscoggin River Source to Sea Trek
BETHEL — Hundreds of paddlers are expected to stroke down the nearly 170-mile length of the Androscoggin River this summer. The Androscoggin River Watershed Council’s 16th annual Source to the Sea Trek will begin July 8 with a sunset paddle near Lake Umbagog, the source of the Androscoggin, Jessie Seymour Perkins, program coordinator, said Monday […]
Carter, Sweetser win Bethel selectmen seats
BETHEL — Out of six candidates, a majority of voters Tuesday chose Pat Carter and Lloyd Sweetser to fill three-year seats on the Board of Selectmen. Town Clerk Christen Mason said Tuesday evening that Carter garnered 228 votes and Sweetser got 201 votes. Of the other candidates, Peter Southam got 183 votes, Seabury Lyon got […]
Smith announces bid for Bethel board
BETHEL — Larry Smith has announced he is running for the Board of Selectmen. Smith, a Vietnam veteran, said in a prepared statement he was running to represent the “silent majority.” Bethel elections are set for June 14. “If elected, my first obligation would be to listen to the silent majority, the people that can […]
6 Bethel selectmen candidates grilled at forum
BETHEL — Six candidates for two three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen were grilled by a moderator and audience at Tuesday night’s selectmen candidates forum at Crescent Park School. They are James Bennett, Pat Carter, Seabury Lyon, Peter Southam, Lloyd Sweetser and Larry Smith, who was ill but sent his neighbor in his stead […]
Rotary reads, discusses polio
BETHEL — On March 29 members of the Rotary Club of Bethel read the story “The Three Questions,” based on a story written by Leo Tolstoy, to all Crescent Park Elementary School fourth-and fifth-grade students. The reading was followed by a question and answer period with the class in which the students talked about helping […]
Super Week introduces teens to careers
BETHEL — As part of Telstar High School’s Super Week, 13 local business persons and professionals met with freshmen and seniors to answer questions about career choices and offer financial information and legal advice. As part of a week of career exploration in the high school, seniors met with a panel of legal and financial […]
Telstar students graduate in Bethel
BETHEL — “Make the choice to become lifelong learners. It cannot and must not happen just in the classroom,” valedictorian and summa cum laude student Jamie Steven told the Telstar Regional High School graduates at Friday night’s commencement. Sixty-four students received their diplomas from Principal Daniel Hart in the outdoor ceremony. And 38 of those […]