From a cookbook club to a crafting group, Whitman Memorial Library has morphed into a hub for area townspeople.
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Posted inLocal News, Maine, News, The Bethel Citizen
Found treasures a special treat at Rotary Club Yard Sale
Rotarians are moving items like dishware, furniture, fans, rugs and couches from storage barns to the tents each morning giving locals a leg-up, through Aug. 11.
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Posted inMaine, News, The Bethel Citizen
Newry Appeals Board sends Timberline condominium plans back to Planning Board
Plans for the proposed project at 9 Timberline Drive near Sunday River Ski Resort were criticized for “inadequate information.”
Posted inNews, The Bethel Citizen
From book fair to Bigfoot: A monster-sized dream
Eli Mann’s mother bought him a truck book when he was ten. Twenty-seven years later, he bought Bigfoot 3, the truck on the cover of the book. Look for Mann’s monster truck at the Molly Ockett Day Parade on Aug. 9.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, The Bethel Citizen
‘If he’d just get his head wet’ — kids get swim lessons at Bryant Pond in Woodstock
Certified swim instructor Makayla LaCombe, of West Paris, teaches Woodstock-area children to swim each summer — even the smaller ones who don’t want to go under the water.
Posted inBethel, Maine, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel woman named community connector for aging initiative
Melinda Remington leads outreach efforts to help older Mainers age in place.
Posted inOxford Hills
Woodstock fatal motorcycle-truck collision remains under investigation
The name of the driver of the pickup truck has not been released because there have been threats made against their life, police say.
Posted inBethel, Maine, Oxford Hills, Rumford Falls Times, The Bethel Citizen
Buck’s Ledge Trail for All in Woodstock gets first walk-through
About 15 Buck’s Ledge advocates from Woodstock and beyond tested the new, hard-packed trail built specifically as handicapped accessible. It took about eight weeks to complete and has been planned for the past few years.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Maine, News, The Bethel Citizen
West Paris Explorers program has a home after more than a year of transitions
The extended school program has finally landed in a permanent home on Route 26.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
A Decade of Welcome: Tim LeConey and the Mission of Bethel’s West Parish Church
This story is the first in a series exploring Bethel area churches: their mission, demographics and challenges for the future