BETHEL — A class of 91 high school seniors walked through the doors of a new school for the first time on Sept. 19, 1968. Nearly 50 years later, they’re coming together to lead the annual Molly Ockett Day parade at 11 a.m. Saturday. The class will have two convertibles in place of a float […]
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40 'tube for treasure' in Bethel
BETHEL — Day 2 of the MollyOckett weekend in Bethel Sunday offered family fun, a swift river for tubing, and precious treasure at Bethel Outdoor Adventure and Campground. Jeff and Patty Parsons, owners of the campground, said they’ve been organizing the Bethel Outdoor Adventure Tubing and Treasure Hunt for six years now, after the Bethel Area […]
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60th annual MollyOckett Day Festival in Bethel
BETHEL — The 60th annual MollyOckett Day Festival on Saturday saw locals and visitors enjoying food, the parade, the history and the community. The day began with the Classic Road Races — a 5-mile loop down Vernon Street onto Paradise Road, including the infamous “Paradise Hill,” a favorite challenge for local runners, according to the […]
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Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited to host public presentation on Nov. 13
BETHEL — The Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting its first public presentation of the 2014-2015 season at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, on the second floor of the McLaughlin Science Center at Gould Academy. President Lee Margolin, who founded the Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited in 1998, said that the program will be […]
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Mollyockett Treasure Hunt underway
The Mollyockett Treasure Hunt: Find the Treasure by Geocaching! Mollyockett was a Pequawket Indian who lived among and befriended the early settlers of Western Maine. Second only to her medical reputation as the great “Indian doctress,” was Mollyockett’s fame as a storyteller. She was a welcomed guest at many homes, and some of her tales […]
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Bethel selectmen approve request to close Main Street for Mollyockett Festival
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday to allow the Bethel Chamber of Commerce to close Main Street for the Mollyocket Festival on July 19 and 20. Town Manager Jim Doar told selectmen, “This is the third consecutive year that the Bethel Chamber of Commerce have requested to close Main Street for Mollyockett.” […]