BETHEL — RSU/SAD 44 Adult and Continuing Education is offering pottery classes to its August lineup. The pottery classes will be held at the West Bethel Pottery Studio. Try the Potter’s Wheel: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4. This two-hour session for adults will offer the opportunity to try the potter’s wheel. Working on the […]
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Geraldine R. Luxton
SOUTH PARIS — Geraldine Rose Luxton, 85, of West Bethel, passed away Sunday, May 13, at Market Square Health Care Center. Geraldine was born in Berlin, N.H., on June 19, 1932, to Roger (Pete) and Alice (Tatreau) Clough. Gerry grew up in the Bethel/West Bethel area. Gerry had muscular dystrophy all of her life and even […]
Mary S. Billings
1920 – 2015 PARIS — Mary S. Billings, 94, of Bryant Pond died Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Market Square Health Care Center. She was born in Hanover on Nov. 6, 1920, the daughter of Arthur and Una Roberts Stearns. She graduated from Gould Academy in 1938 and the University of Maine (Normal School, Farmington) in […]
Robert Douglas Haddock
1946 – 2015 NORWAY — Robert Douglas Haddock, 68, of Bethel, died Monday, July 20. Born Aug. 4, 1946, in New Rochelle, N.Y., Bob graduated from Ridgefield High School in Connecticut in 1964; studied psychology at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y., ranking fourth in a class out of 405; and graduated in 1969 from […]
Carol S. Jordan
1930 – 2015 WEST BETHEL — Carol S. Jordan, 84, of the Flat Road, died at her residence on Monday, April 13, with her loving family at her side. She was born in Locke Mills on July 2, 1930, the daughter of Carl Herbert Swan Sr. and Eva Frances (Bartlett) Swan and was educated in […]
Local Granges find balance in tradition, progressive thinking
“We have a habit of keeping an eye on people who have had a hard time.” That’s how Richard Felt sums up the work of Franklin Grange #124 in Bryant Pond. Like the other Granges in the area—Alder River #145 in East Bethel and Pleasant Valley #136 in West Bethel—Franklin Grange organizes benefit suppers, contributes […]