As a small business owner, I know that the middle class, which makes up the majority of small business owners and their employees, has taken the brunt of the damage the economy suffered during the Obama years. We have borne the burden. Most politicians, pundits and lay folks use the words “business owner” to imply […]
Scott Stone
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Manufacturing jobs could return to Oxford Hills
OXFORD — Scores of modular home building jobs may be coming back to the Oxford Hills. The once-booming modular and manufacturing home industry, which provided hundreds of jobs in this area a decade ago, got a boost last week when two local businessmen presented plans that many hope will strengthen the job and housing market. A […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Bethel-area Androscoggin River conservation corporation dissolves
BETHEL — A nonprofit corporation formed in 2008 to conserve, protect, restore and promote the Upper Androscoggin River’s fishing resources, its tributaries and environs, recently dissolved. The Upper Andro Anglers Alliance transferred its assets and administration to The Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited, effective Feb. 27, to carry on the alliance’s mission, alliance spokeswoman Wende […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Bethel Fly Fishing Expo reels in eager anglers
BETHEL — More than 300 fishing enthusiasts attended Saturday’s Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo despite a full-blown afternoon snowstorm and sub-freezing temperatures. They didn’t seem to mind that Maine’s fly-fishing season will start much later than usual because water bodies are still buried under several feet of ice and snow. It was the third year […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Bethel to host Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo on March 22
BETHEL — Participants at the Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo on Saturday, March 22, can learn the latest fishing techniques and visit with guides, sporting camp owners and angling exhibitors. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bethel Inn Conference Center in Bethel. Admission is $5 for adults and free […]
Posted inBethel, River Valley
State to manage Upper Androscoggin River trout fishery
BETHEL — Given that the Upper Androscoggin River is mainly a trout fishery, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will now manage it as such, according to its new plan. The Upper Androscoggin River Fishery Management Plan by state fisheries biologists Francis Brautigam and James Pellerin was released last month and made available […]