AUBURN — A public review of plans to extend passenger rail service from Portland through Auburn and Bethel will wait another month. Transportation officials were scheduled to host meetings Wednesday in Bethel and Auburn to review their recommendation for passenger rail — Amtrak or intercity service — that could continue to Montreal. “We just have […]
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Climbing demos scheduled for Bethel’s man-made tower of ice
BETHEL — Two ice climbing talks and demonstrations will be held during February school vacation week on the 100-foot-tall Ice Tower. Grown at Bethel Station off Parkway road by slowly dripping water down a series of pipes, the tower was engineered by engineer Jim Sysko of Bethel. It was to be the centerpiece for the […]
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Maine barred owl caught after headhunting spree in Bethel
BETHEL — It took a few days, but state wildlife biologists on Sunday captured a barred owl that had been decapitating chickens inside a Bethel barn and flying off with their heads. Wildlife biologist Chuck Hulsey said the owl was taken on Monday to Avian Haven, a wildlife rehabilitator in Freedom. “It was probably under […]
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Volunteers sought to ID significant wildlife habitat in Bethel area
BETHEL — Volunteers are being sought to help identify and survey important wildlife habitat in Bethel, Gilead, Newry and Woodstock. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will hold a training session for the project from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, in the Mahoosuc Land Trust office beside Route 2 in Bethel. […]
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Train plan between Auburn, Bethel and Montreal set for review
Transportation officials plan to present the results of a study of passenger train service among Auburn, Bethel and Montreal on Wednesday, Feb. 16. The state is looking at alternatives for passenger rail service to Western Maine. Results will be presented at two sessions. The first will be at 3 p.m. at the Bethel Inn Resort. […]
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Military notes
Army Pfc. Michael C. Pelatte has graduated from the basic field artillery cannon crew member advanced individual training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. The course is designed to train service members to maintain, prepare and load ammunition for firing; operate and perform operator maintenance on prime movers, self-propelled Howitzers and ammunition vehicles; store, maintain […]
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WinterFest 2011 ice tower still growing
BETHEL — WinterFest 2011 is in full swing this week. But the project to grow an ice tower centerpiece by dripping water from a series of pipes held upright by steel and guy wires has yet to catch up. Sudden weather changes — from a 50-degree thaw on Jan. 1 to below zero temperatures — […]
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Bethel librarian named to state commission
LEWISTON — Katherine J. Brunjes of Bethel, director of library services at Central Maine Medical Center, has been appointed to the Maine State Library Commission. The commission is a 17-member board appointed by the governor to represent the state’s library community. The commission oversees the Maine State Library’s policies, procedures and operations, advises the state […]
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Snowfall ‘just in time’ for Bethel WinterFest 2011
BETHEL — Thanks to the timely arrival on Wednesday of more than a foot of powdery snow, the stage is set for Bethel WinterFest 2011. The nine-day event will be held from Saturday, Jan. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 30. Featured activities and events include ice skating, a Tubb’s snowshoe demonstration and scavenger hunt, snow groomer […]
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Bethel teen injured when truck severs utility pole
BETHEL — A Bethel teenager escaped serious injury and electrocution Friday afternoon when police say he lost control of his pickup on ice on Chandler Hill Road and slid into a utility pole, which broke and fell on the truck. James A. Lowell, 16, was about a mile from his home when the accident occurred […]