PARIS — Bringing faster, more reliable internet access to Oxford County communities is the goal of a partnership that held a public forum Tuesday night. The effort to expand broadband is being led by Community Concepts Finance Corp. and Maine West, a collaboration of local and regional organizations “dedicated to solving challenges related to the […]
Steve Wight
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Maine Woods National Monument would benefit state, Katahdin region
Traveling around Maine, I work with people who are concerned about how to bring jobs and economic prosperity to the rural villages of western Maine and the Katahdin region to the north. For 38 years, I owned and operated, with my wife, Peggy, the Sunday River Inn and Cross Country Ski Center in Newry. Now […]
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Bethel board, residents hear presentation from Community Heart and Soul
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen invited residents to a presentation by Community Heart and Soul during a public hearing Monday at the Bethel Town Office. Jane Lafleur, executive director of Friends of Midcoast Maine and a coach with the Community Heart and Soul program, explained that the program was part of the Orton Family […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel
Bethel Rotary Club starts program to help get excess veggie crops to those in need
BETHEL — Do you have excess veggies from that garden you’re starting to harvest? The Bethel Rotary Club has started a distribution program for any gardener who wishes to give excess produce to those without gardens, Steve Wight, club member, said Wednesday. The Bethel Food Pantry distributes food, including local produce, once a month, he […]
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Newry selectman at odds with administrator’s duties
NEWRY — Selectmen discussed the town administrator’s job description at length Tuesday night in the Bear River Grange Hall. Selectman Brooks Morton previously asked for the review, but when asked by Chairman Wendy Hanscom what he thought about it, Morton said he didn’t think Tuesday’s meeting was the forum to discuss his reasons. He said […]
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Bethel Fly Fishing Expo reels in eager anglers
BETHEL — More than 300 fishing enthusiasts attended Saturday’s Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo despite a full-blown afternoon snowstorm and sub-freezing temperatures. They didn’t seem to mind that Maine’s fly-fishing season will start much later than usual because water bodies are still buried under several feet of ice and snow. It was the third year […]