To the Editor: On Saturday, June 22, the Rotary Club of Bethel will sponsor its 32nd Annual Yard Sale and Auction at Telstar High School. The yard sale will begin at 8 a.m. and will continue throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. The preview for the auction starts at 5:30 p.m. Saturday evening, followed […]

To the Editor: The American Legion Auxiliary wishes to thank all the young students who participated in the Poster Contest celebrating our veterans. The art work is outstanding and all posters are displayed in the windows of the Bethel Post Office on Main Street. The First, Second and Third Place winners received prizes at the […]

To the Editor, On April 22, the MSAD 44 Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2019-2020 budget. This was the outcome of very careful scrutiny of each cost center by the Finance Committee to minimize costs, while still ensuring that our students were well served. The Education Committee carefully considered potentially important new programs. Both […]

To the Editor: Donald Trump’s prime mechanism for escaping any personal responsibility for his own devious endeavors is to distort factual findings with a perpetual litany of lies. During his run for the presidency on national TV for all to behold, Donald Trump requested that Russia find and expose all of his opponent’s questionable emails. […]

To the Editor: Once again Alder River Grange in East Bethel will have several yard sales throughout the summer to raise funds to maintain its hall and to support its contributions to charities and college scholarships. The Grange is looking for items in good condition for the sales: household items, chairs, tables, toys, dishes, rugs, […]

To the Editor: I am writing to announce my candidacy for Selectman for the Town of Bethel. Having grown up in western Maine, and attending Mt. Blue High School, I am wholly familiar with our region. After completing an internship at Sunday River and then graduating from the University of Vermont in 1984, I sought […]

To the Editor: There will be a public budget meeting at Telstar on May 29 to provide details of the 2019-2020 budget, which has been unanimously approved by the MSAD 44 Board of Directors following months of review by the Finance Committee of the board. The budget validation referendum will then follow on Tuesday, June […]

To the Editor: On May 15, about 80 community members participated in an event co-sponsored by the Bethel Area Nonprofit Collaborative (BANC) and the Age-Friendly Community Initiative (AFCI). Part of BANC’s Community Conversations series and supported by a grant from the Maine Community Foundation, this “Listen to your Elders” event provided an opportunity for people […]

To the Editor: Even though there is absolutely nothing humorous about what the Donald Trump presidency is doing to the realm of democracy in this country, there is a persistent analogy I find difficult to dispel. Whenever Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appear together on national TV, I find it difficult to dispel a vision […]

To the Editor: Bethel’s Green-Up Day on Saturday, May 4, was a huge success. We had over 48 people, of all ages, come out to pick up litter along our roads. When the miles covered by the group were tallied, 37 miles of roadsides along Route 26, Route 2, Intervale, Bethel Parkway, Sunday River Road, […]