Get ready for the material girls’ supply sale in September

GREENWOOD — Marie Bartlett, of Greenwood, and her co-directors, Marlene Twitchell of Woodstock and Susan Vacca of Greenwood are accepting fabric, sewing machines, buttons, thread and anything else related to crafting and sewing for their Crafter’s Supply Show on Sept. 9 and 10. They expect to fill Jackson Silver Post 81 at 595 Gore Road. […]

Fran Head dies at age 76

“She was someone that I could look up to and be very proud of. From being a waitress at the Red Top Truck Stop to serving eight years at the legislature,” said her daughter, Shannan Thielbar.

Photo Album: Bethel Summerfest

Albany’s Enock Glidden to hike Mt. Rainier

Enock Glidden, who was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, is raising funds in the hopes of becoming the first person with a disability to summit Mt. Rainier in Washington state.

Art and crafts exhibit at the Mason House through Labor Day

BETHEL — On the second floor of the Robinson House in the Huntoon Barn are textiles and furniture that are now part of an exhibit at The Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. Historical Society Vice President Donna Gillis, Melinda Remington, Carina Walter, Historical Society President Karen Bean, and Amy Chapman set up the new […]

Photo: Common rehearsal

Radar detects bodies in Cummings Plot

Ground penetrating radar was used to detect graves in the Cummings Plot across from the Greenwood Town Beach.

Rain causes setbacks for Bethel farm

Tamara and Vernon Davis of Chapman Brook Farm said they have noticed their outside crops are about two weeks behind where they should be right now.

Photo: Father-daughter time

Attorney explains personal property tax to Bethel Board of Assessors

Bethel has not assessed or collected personal property tax since 2008 or 2009.