BETHEL — The Telstar Middle School Nordic Team’s season is coming to a close. After a lot of hard work put in by the skiers, they got the chance to showcase their progress this past week at state finals. The Lady Rebels, made up of mostly 12-year-olds, grabbed second place overall at the Maine Junior […]
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Saint Michael’s College skiing places sixth overall, 4 alpine top-10 finishes
HANOVER, NH — The Saint Michael’s College Alpine and Nordic skiing teams, which includes Senior Gaelan Boyle-Wight of Newry, combined to finish sixth among fourteen schools at the Dartmouth College Carnival over the weekend. The Nordic squad participated in the carnival on Friday and Saturday, while the Alpine team was at the Dartmouth Skiway both […]
Flying Moose Classic
BETHEL — This year’s Flying Moose Classic cross country ski race was held on a perfect winter’s day at Inland Woods + Trails in Bethel. The recent dump of snow combined with blue skies and sun made for excellent scenery. One of the participants, Damian Bolduc, said, “it felt like skiing through a Bob Ross […]
Telstar Middle School Nordic Skiing
BETHEL — The Telstar Middle School Nordic Team returned to Titcomb Mountain on February 1 for a 3-kilometer skate race. Mallory Raymond and Lillian Smith once again took top spots of 1st and 3rd, Tess Smith and Rosie Barstow crossed the line with 18th and 19th place finishes, closely followed by Isla Decato and Natalie […]
Telstar Middle School Nordic Skiing
BETHEL —After the cold temperatures canceled the first couple of races, the Telstar Middle School Nordic team was finally able to practice the craft they have been honing since Dec. 1. Kaiden Manjourides has the distinction of being the first Telstar racer to cross the finish line during the 21-22 season and Davon DeGruttola the […]
Bethel son off to Olympics
BETHEL — Bethel local, now Olympic athlete, bobsledder Frankie Del Duca has shown the world just how far perseverance and persistence will take you. Not only is he representing Team USA, but the US Army, Army WCAP, and more so, his family, friends, and Maine. He is starting his Olympic career as a driver. […]
MV Rec Basketball League games
RUMFORD — Week 3 in the MV Rec Basketball League saw a few close, competitive games. Horace Mann Insurance had a bye. In the first game, Hotel Rumford (2-0) took little time to take a double-digit lead and cruised to a 73-44 thumping of Jay (0-2). The Hotel was paced by Tom Danylik with 20 […]
Telstar Middle School basketball
BETHEL — The Telstar MS Boys JV Basketball team dropped their first game of the season to Winthrop 46-17. Despite the score, the Rebels battled every quarter to improve their game with 13 fourth-quarter points. Cooper Morgan scored 9 points and Seth Dupuis added 6 points to lead the Rebel attack. Improved defense and great […]
NSB makes multi-year donation to build ice rink
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank is proud to announce a donation of $6,000 ($2,000 per year for three years) to the Town of Bethel and its Recreation Department to build the new Bethel Community Ice Rink at the site of the now-closed Ethel Bisbee Elementary School on Philbrook Street. The rink, which will be […]
Telstar Basketball
BETHEL — Junior Varsity: The Telstar JV girls basketball team played a close one against the Dirigo Cougars with a final score of 16-6. The girls have been improving their play and three different players were able to score in the game. Grace Scott, Quinn Coolidge, and Emma Mcpherson all had a basket each in the […]