GREENWOOD — Post Chaplain Commander Harry G. Orcutt recited a song lyric from the 1960’s, “So long Mom, I’m off to drop the bomb,” to make a point, “though satire then, it has the chilling ring of truth now,” he said. About 50 people listened to Orcutt at a Veteran’s Day Ceremony at the American […]
Rose Lincoln
Staff Writer
Rose Lincoln began as a staff writer and photographer at the Bethel Citizen in October 2022. She and her husband, Mick, and three children have been part time residents in Bethel for 30 years and are happy to now be here full time. Rose previously worked as a staff photographer at Harvard University and freelance photographer at the Boston Globe and at several Boston colleges.
She remembers fondly the start of her career as a staff photographer for a chain of weekly newspapers, surrounded by writers who vied to assign her to their town's stories. She next worked for several years at The Patriot Ledger, a daily in Quincy, Massachusetts. She has won several national and regional awards for her photography. Writing full stories (and not just cutlines for photos) is a new and exciting endeavor and she appreciates your patience as she tries to get it all right.
Posted inLocal News, The Bethel Citizen
Senior College Players rehearse for November performance
The players will perform at McLaughlin Science Center at Gould Academy on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. The production is free and open to all.
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Road sign or sign of trouble? Andover couple fight town over address they call home
Whether their address will be Skyline Drive or Corneliusen Road will be decided in Oxford County Superior Court.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Bethel selectboard discusses Bisbee School again
The proposed demolition of the Ethel Bisbee School was brought up again during the Nov. 2 Board of Selectmen meeting.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Dec 1 deadline for Property Tax Stabilization for Seniors
STATE — The Maine Revenue Services office has announced a Property Tax Stabilization for Senior Citizens, also known as the Property Tax Stabilization Program. This state program allows certain senior-citizen residents to stabilize, or freeze, the property taxes on their homestead. According to the website, “As long as you qualify and file a timely application […]
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Linda Howe to receive Hastings Award
Linda Howe says it would be nice to bring people to God, but they have to find that on their own. Instead she wants to see how the building can help bring all people of different denominations together.
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Who is on the ballot on Nov. 8?
BETHEL — On Nov. 8, all Maine voters will choose the next governor of the state: Incumbent Janet T. Mills of Farmington, Paul R. LePage of Edgecomb or Sam Hunkler of Beals. In Bethel, voters will also choose: state senator, representative to the Maine House, County treasurer, register of deeds, sheriff, district attorney and a […]
