To the Editor: Many holiday traditions will change this year and the Congregational Church’s Christmas Fair and Tea is one of them. Due to Covid-19 West Parish Congregational Church can not safely open for the Christmas Fair and Tea. The Church will keep the tradition alive with a Christmas Fair in a Bag on December […]

To the Editor: As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Oxford County and across Maine, the Bethel Library has made the difficult decision to close to the public and return to contact-free lending of library materials as of the end of this month. The library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and will […]

To the Editor: I wanted to make sure the message got out there that Christmas for Families will not be having a fundraiser at the American Legion in Locke Mills this year for due to the virus. This has been a difficult year for all of us but some more than others so once again […]

To the Editor: The recent passing of Frank Vogt brings to mind many vivid memories of drama with all kinds of plays and other theatrical escapades during my years at Gould Academy. I also enjoyed the year I that was I was in his English class. The other three years were memorable with all kinds […]

To The Editor: I serve on the Mahoosuc Area Broadband Committee. We believe that fast, flexible, affordable, and reliable internet speed is critical for all of our residents and for current and future businesses. Broadband (High-Speed Internet) is the critical new physical infrastructure, much as electricity was when it was widely installed in rural America […]

To the Editor: My husband has had surgery very recently that made doing the normal fall buttoning-up activities a problem. Fortunately the Age Friendly Community Initiative (AFCI) group sent an email about various ways they are trying to help the community. What caught my eye was that the Interact kids (part of the Bethel Rotary […]

To the Editor: This is the title of a newly released book authored by Tom Fitton, president of the non partisan organization “Judicial Watch,” whose primary mission is upholding and defending the U.S. Constitution. Since even before Donald Trump was inaugurated as President. Senior Obama administration officials, including Barak Obama, then Secretary of State John […]

To the Editor: The October 6, 2020 issue of “The Washington Examiner” magazine contains a provocative editorial that suggests new technology may soon be available which could use fusion energy to generate vast amounts of energy within a few years. If successful, new nuclear fusion reactors could provide carbon free energy in massive amounts which […]