What to Know Before the First Day: Key dates, new staff introductions, and upcoming board meetings in MSAD 44.
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Telstar baseball blanks Forest Hills, advances to semifinals
Brody Walker pitches a perfect game for the Rebels in their mercy-rule shortened Class D South quarterfinal win over the Tigers.
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Bethel elects Cristoforo, Whitney to join Select Board; Swayne to school board
Two Bethel Select Board seats, the School Administrative District 44 school budget, and one school board seat were all decided Tuesday at area polls.
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Telstar graduates at Bethel Common for annual send-off
Fire trucks and ambulances; and carful’s of family and friends parade past the Telstar Class of 2025 graduates.
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Stormy skies, warm hearts mark Telstar graduation
Class co-president Tehya Buck said to her fellow graduates, “When you lead with empathy, you make space for compassion … in a world fueled by hatred it’s easy to get lost. So as we all go onto our next journey, I hope we leave room for empathy in our lives.”
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Telstar graduates 41 from Bethel area
Students from several area towns will walk across the stage Friday night, June 6 to receive their diploma. Nearly half the class has received academic honors.
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Bethel voters to weigh big budget, waste fees, town office repairs
Included in the proposed fiscal year $12.28M dollar budget are the approved MSAD-44 and Oxford County budgets.
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Bethel area SAD-44 budget passes first vote; final decision set for June 10
The budget will rise 13.6% to $17.61M for Fiscal Year 2026. The increase from FY25 is $2.1M
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Oh Bubba!
BETHEL — It’s 5:30 a.m. inside the Bethel bus garage, and the laughter is already flowing. Brenda “Bubba” Blaisdell has been the life of this party since 1974, when she first started driving for the SAD 44 district. “Wild,” is how one fellow driver describes Bubba. “It’s really quiet and there isn’t a lot of […]
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Learning to ‘just be kids’ on Woodstock School’s Forest Playground
Woodstock School Principal Beth Clarke contrived the idea of a Forest Playground after seeing the success of a similar outdoor space at her former school.