BETHEL — The Bethel Chamber of Commerce and the Mahoosuc Arts Council are organizing the 27th annual Bethel Art Fair, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 2. The fair features dozens of vendors, businesses and other art-based organizations scattered throughout the downtown area and across the town common. Jessie Perkins, events and […]
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Norway joins Rail Coalition
NORWAY — Selectmen voted Thursday to join the Androscoggin, Oxford and Coos Counties Rail Coalition, after hearing a presentation by Mia Purcell of Western Maine Economic Development Council and Robin Zinchuk, executive director of the Bethel Chamber of Commerce. Purcell and Zinchuk spoke of the importance of having all area towns on board in order to […]
Bethel Chamber of Commerce receives $10,000 grant for Maine Moose Lottery Festival
BETHEL — The Bethel Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it was awarded a $10,000 grant by the Maine Office of Tourism to help promote the town’s Maine Moose Lottery Festival. The Bethel Chamber of Commerce was one of eight recipients of the Tourism Enterprise Marketing Grants, with the awards totaling $70,591. The grant, according […]
Newry’s wedding bridge: ‘It’s magical. It’s perfect.’
Free, rustic and available, Artist’s Covered Bridge has become mecca for newlyweds. Covered bridges have always carried a mystical, magical allure for me as a photographer and as an artist who paints and draws them in a variety of different settings. I have photographed several weddings in my photography career, but I had never seen […]
Maine State Triathlon coming to Bethel on Aug. 10
BETHEL — More than 200 athletes will compete in the 23rd annual Maine State Triathlon, starting at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, at the Bethel Inn Resort’s Lakehouse on Songo Pond in Albany Township, race director Julia Reuter said Wednesday. Those participating in the triathlon will begin at Songo Pond with a 750-meter swim, followed […]
17th annual Crafts and Wares Fair scheduled for Black Friday
BETHEL — The Bethel Chamber of Commerce will host its 17th annual Crafts and Wares Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, at the Bethel Inn Resort’s conference center. Jessie Seymour Perkins of the chamber said crafters will set up booths displaying their handmade products. “This year, we have 35 crafters from […]
Bethel Chamber of Commerce hosting 22nd annual Maine State Triathlon
BETHEL – The Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 22nd annual Maine State Triathlon at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Bethel Inn Lakehouse. Proceeds will benefit the Bethel community. “We do this not for our own health but for the health of our community,” said Julia Reuter of the Bethel Chamber […]