BETHEL — More than 200 Telstar High School students participated in a workshop on Friday morning that revealed the stark reality and consequences of driving impaired: whether from drugs, alcohol, cell phone use or other distractions. In 20-minute sessions conducted by more than 40 community members, state and county police, and emergency responders, students learned […]
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Bethel airport fall foliage air show set for Sunday
BETHEL — The second annual Fall Foliage Community Event air show will be held Sunday at Bethel Regional Airport. The show is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and provides an opportunity to promote general aviation and the airport through scenic flights offered to the public. The scenic rides, which are the highlight of the […]
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Selectmen to discuss state consent order on Bingham Land
BETHEL — A special selectmen meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the town hall with the town attorney, an official from the Maine Office of the Attorney General, and members of the Bethel Water District, Town Manager Jim Doar stated Monday by e-mail. Doar said the group will discuss the […]
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Inclement weather pre-empts Bethel airshow
BETHEL — Inclement weather forecast for this weekend and next has bumped Sunday’s second annual Fall Foliage Community Event air show into a holding pattern at Bethel Regional Airport. The show, which provides an opportunity to promote general aviation and the airport through scenic flights offered to the public, was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. […]
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Veteran running cross-country trek honoring soldiers killed in Iraq War; in Bethel on Oct. 7
BETHEL — Plans are under way in Maine to assist Army veteran Mike Ehredt, who began a solo and unsupported trek this spring running across America to honor and remember U.S. servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives in Iraq since 2003. The retired postal clerk is expected to arrive in Bethel on Oct. […]
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Group ponders bringing passenger trains back to Bethel
BETHEL — Fifty years to the week after passenger rail service ended in Bethel, people who want to see it return gathered at the Bethel Inn to discuss how to make that happen. They predicted that European tourists, skiers, local retirees and businesspeople, as well as residents from all over western Maine would ride the […]
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Police arrest five door-to-door salesmen
BETHEL — Five men from around the country were arrested Tuesday on charges of peddling wares without a state license. According to a statement from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, several residents in the Bethel area complained of men trying to sell a cleaning solution. The men had received a warning in Mexico for the […]
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Acclaimed pianist will perform at Gould
BETHEL — Internationally renowned concert pianist Randall Atcheson will kick off the 2010-2011 Gould Performing Arts Series on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at Gould Academy’s Bingham Auditorium. The epitome of a musical Renaissance man, Atcheson is a much-sought-after artist in the classics as well as in pop and the sacred repertoire. His prodigious talent was evidenced […]
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Artist creates with crayons and a hot iron
NORWAY — Western Maine Art Group artist William Patrick will show his work, including creations using wax paper, crayons and a hot iron, throughout September at the Norway Savings Bank operations center. Patrick grew up in the fields and rugged mountains and woods of northern Vermont, New Hampshire and western Maine. This is reflected in […]