To the Editor: On behalf of the Rotary Club of Bethel, we would like to thank everyone who came and shopped at our Annual Yardsale and also those who kindly donated treasures to the sale! A huge thanks to the efforts of the members and friends of Rotary who picked items up, transported many loads […]

To the Editor: Paul and Cynthia Stancioff’s column Energy Matters is certainly a heartfelt assessment; however, the Stanicoffs appear to misunderstand the science of wood, its use as biogenic fuel, and the ephemeral nature of the carbon cycle. We are an ambitious species, one that has developed our planet to an unprecedented extent with little […]

The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, the Maine Pellet Fuels Association, and the Northern Forest Center read an Aug. 13 column, Energy Matters – Is biomass a climate solution? in the [Sun Media weeklies] with dismay, and once again we find ourselves wondering why those who claim concern over climate change would focus their attention […]

To the Editor: Ideological purity tests aren’t going to get us anywhere when it comes to addressing big issues like climate change. Our actions must be rooted in reality and attainability, not fantasy. This is why any commonsense discussion of climate change can’t leave out biofuels. Look around you, pretty much everything in your home […]

To the Editor:  It was before noon in August. We all stood at the edge of the road looking south when we heard the rumble. It was a warm and lovely day in the small valley town yet goosebumps ran up and down my arms as though it were February. Some knew what was coming. […]

To the Editor: President Biden is consistently inconsistent when it comes to Covid-19 policy. On the one hand, he is consistently advocating wearing a facemask whenever a person has not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and is mingling with other people indoors. However, when it comes to people entering this country illegally through our southern border, […]

To the Editor: Many thanks to the children and adults of the Bethel area for once again helping to make our sixth MAM Children’s Program a wonderful and happy success! During each Thursday in July, our participants had the opportunity to make a checkerboard set, sew a packet for their checkers, play croquet, make butter, […]

To the Editor: My name is Roxy Kai-Petrovich I’m a volunteer leader with Maine People’s Alliance. On the evening of Thursday, August 5, Maine People’s Alliance and The Gem Theater in Bethel are hosting a community conversation and screening of “Lead with Love”, a documentary series launched by Maine Beacon following three women who tell […]

To the Editor:  The state of our workforce is in deep trouble. Have you ever seen so many help wanted signs on business fronts? Restaurants, retail businesses, manufacturing businesses…it’s endless. The sad truth is that there are so many able bodied people who could easily fill these positions, but for as long as the President […]