NEWRY — Newry Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey explained a new ordinance that would appropriate guidelines for nuisance alarms and implement hefty fees to violators. The definition includes fire alarms and E-911 calls and applies to, “any owner whose alarm system cause the transmission of a nuisance alarm more than three times in a calendar […]
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.
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No cabin fever in West Paris
WEST PARIS — On a cold but sunny school vacation day, eight women and one man played cards and board games in First Universalist Church of West Paris. One woman said she hoped some children would show up. It was “Cabin Fever” day. They had finished a “to-die-for” lunch of seafood soup and vegetarian taco […]
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‘The house was open to the town’: The Corriveau legacy
GILEAD — The Town of Gilead has been known to locals as, “Corriveau Country,” and with good reason. A book at Gilead Town Office that lists town officials is full of the name Corriveau. Fernand Corriveau, Sr. was a selectman from 1969 through 1977. In 1982, he returned to that role with an unbroken stint […]
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Moose lottery starts April 1
BETHEL — 2024 Moose permit lottery applications will be accepted online only beginning April 1 until May 15, 2024. The new application period will allow moose hunters to know how many permits are issued and in what zone, as well as shorten the waiting time from when people apply until the day of the lottery […]
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Mountain Explorer’s last ski run is March 2
BETHEL — For 22 years, The Mountain Explorer has shuttled skiers to Sunday River in Newry from various hotels in Bethel. Western Maine Transportation Community Relations Manager Craig Zurhorst said the last day for the free shuttle service will be March 2. He said the Mountain Explorer’s ridership was already declining before the pandemic and, […]
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Young writers shine in Telstar Public Relations class
BETHEL — Telstar Middle School (TMS) Principal Lindsay Leutje teaches an elective class for 8th graders called Public Relations. She said they build off of their learning from 7th grade and working on their speaking, writing and use of multimedia to promote information about TMS within their school and to the public. “I start the […]
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West Paris town meeting Saturday
WEST PARIS — The West Paris annual town meeting will be held on Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m. at the Ring McKeen Legion Hall, 6 Church Street.