Bethel code enforcement officer steps down

The town has lost three department heads and five people overall in the past year in part due to better wages offered elsewhere.

Patty Howe’s tree is a remembrance to her stepmother

WOODSTOCK — Behind Patty Howe’s home is a flowering Japanese Lilac that she planted in memory of her stepmother, Mina Belle. When the sun shines the blossoms turn white, right now they are still ivory colored, lamented Howe. After her stepmother died in 2004, Howe and her brother dug up a little shoot from the […]

Albany will vote at its town house with new registrar

ALBANY — Writing on behalf of the Albany Improvement Association, Bob O’Brien announced via the town house marquee and an e-mail that Jillian Burrill, Joan Kimball’s daughter, was appointed the new Albany Township Registrar. Burrill said the county commissioners’ office called her mother the week after the meeting at the town house to discuss, “the […]

Newry man’s struggle to save Newry Church is personal

Brooks Morton is disappointed that the town didn’t take care of the after they purchased it in 2017.

Photo: Morning at Carter’s Farm

These baseball players score a season of progress

The league for players 12 and younger in the Bethel area take to the field for fun and to gain experience.

Bethel Foodliner, post office sold

The grocery store will change its name to Mainely Provisions.

Photo: Readying a monarch stopover

Mann Library Director, Brenda Lynn Gould: ‘They think I live here’

Gould has worked at the Mann Library in West Paris since 2010 when she began as a volunteer.

Dave Murphy updates school board on new day care center at his last meeting

BETHEL — “Tonight is a special meeting and not just because we have July off, but also because it’s Dave’s last meeting,” said board chair Danny Whitney. He invited others on the board to speak about Murphy who has been SAD 44 superintendent for the past 23 years. “I first met Dr. Murphy in 1986. […]