Telstar High School 2019 Fall Sports Teams

Bennett looks to the past, and future, of Bethel Historical Society

BETHEL — After serving as the Bethel Historical Society’s executive director for nine years and working for the Society a total of 34, Randy Bennett has retired. While historical resources didn’t change in that time, the means for researching them have. “It’s a different world,” said Bennett, because the past has now been brought into […]

Hart hired as new SAD 44 Adult Ed director

BETHEL—The SAD 44 School Board Tuesday approved the appointment of Julie Hart as the new Adult Education director. Hart has served as the executive director of the Mahoosuc Kids Association program for 18 years. She will split her time for the rest of this school year between the two jobs to provide a smooth transition, […]

Local cyclists ride in Dempsey Challenge

Bus garage public hearing Tuesday

BETHEL — A public hearing on a proposed $2.4 million new SAD 44 bus garage will take place Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m at Telstar High School (Helen C Berry Auditorium). A district-wide referendum vote is scheduled for Nov. 5. The School Board vote to hold the referendum was 8-6. The decision followed much discussion, […]

Newry marijuana ordinance hearing Oct. 22

NEWRY — A second public hearing on proposed medical and recreational marijuana ordinances will take place Oct. 22. After a similar one in August, the selectboard made some changes to the proposal and that requires a followup hearing, Town Administrator Amy Bernard said. The proposal will be voted on Nov. 5. Newry’s proposed ordinances are […]

West Paris artist has creativity in her blood

WEST PARIS — Jane Hathaway of West Paris is an artist. “I had no choice,” she joked, noting that her father, mother and sister have all been artists of one kind or another. Jane works in a wide range of media, from watercolor and acrylic paints, to wood and gourd carvings, to pulped egg crates […]

Bethel selectmen mull composting operation

BETHEL — Bethel selectmen Monday expressed interest in exploring the feasibility of continuing a commercial food service waste collection/composting operation, currently provided by a local landowner, on a different site at some point in the future. Since 2016 Dean Richmond of West Bethel has been collecting commercial food service waste and composting it on his […]

Crescent Park School named county champion

BETHEL — For the second straight year, a SAD 44 elementary school has been named the Oxford County Champion for the Invest in ME Kindergarten project sponsored by the Maine Authority of Maine and the Alfond Scholarship Foundation.  Crescent Park School in Bethel will take the distinction over from the Woodstock School, the County Champion […]

Bethel family has three generations of chimney sweeps

BETHEL — The Sumner family of Bethel has been in the chimney sweep business for more than 80 years, across three generations. Although the demand for the service today is not what it was in the earlier part of the 20th century, Albert “Al” Sumner Jr. and his sons, Scott and Shannon, say a big […]