About 17 children from The West Paris Early Learning Center at the West Paris Legion walked to the town office to see and sit inside a fire truck, downhill derby cars and more. Town Manager Joy Downing organized the event and gave out gift bags to each child.
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 inThe Bethel Citizen
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.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
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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West Paris will not appeal court’s dismissal in school closure lawsuit
The next step for the Select Board and the town is to decide if they want to keep the former Agnes Gray Elementary School building for town use.
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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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Lessons learned on Woodstock’s Forest Playground
Principal Beth Clarke hopes this space will spark a love of the outdoors that stays with these students — not just when they go home for the summer, but for a lifetime.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
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.
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Telstar’s Senior Week starts Sunday
Bethel area students will take part in all kinds of events in their honor on Senior Week, June 1 through June 7.