BETHEL — The Smile Fund yard sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 13, at West Parish Congregational Church at 32 Church St. The Smile Fund in Bethel helps adults who meet financial guidelines and are employed or seeking employment and need dentures. The dentures come from Smile Again Dentures in […]
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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Happy Birthday to Arlene Harrington, soon-to-be centenarian
BETHEL — Arlene (Remington) Harrington was always full of moxie. It was that brazen attitude that is the reason she lost part of her left thumb, when she was only 4. “My brother was mowing the lawn and I wanted to help, and they wouldn’t let me,” she says. “When that blade come around, […]
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SAD 44 board adopts budget, appoints principals and retains superintendent
BETHEL — The SAD 44 school board has adopted a 2023-24 budget with a proposed increase of 10.39%. Because of an expected increase in state aid of $467,432 and an increase in other revenue of $443,680, the blow is softened considerably with an actual increase to taxpayers of 4.22%, Superintendent David Murphy said. Nearly 60% […]
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Koppel painting to be unveiled at historical society reception
BETHEL — The Museums of the Bethel Historical Society will launch the third issue of “Goose Eye,” the society’s annual history journal, with a 2 p.m. reception at Robinson House, 10 Broad Street, on Sunday, April 23. “Goose Eye” contributors will be at Howe Hall and there will be a public unveiling of Erik Koeppel’s […]
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Greenwood couple named first ‘Bird-Friendly Maple’ producers in Maine
Bird-Friendly Maple promotes forest management that includes consideration of bird habitat for species such as scarlet tanager, black-throated blue warbler, and wood thrush.
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Music and Art Day held at Crescent Park Elementary
BETHEL — Crescent Park Elementary School art teacher Ashley Broderick and music teacher Mackenzie Richard, with the help of others, including Kate Webb of Bethel Arts and Music and glass artist Brooks Morton, held a Music and Arts Day at the school on Friday, April 14, the day before spring break. Children made musical […]
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Albany residents to meet May 4 to discuss vote change
ALBANY TOWNSHIP — A public meeting will be held at the Albany Town House at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, to discuss the Oxford County commissioners’ proposal to move the local polling site from the Albany Town House to nearby towns. Resident Bob O’Brien said all Albany residents are invited to attend this meeting. He […]
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Telstar civil rights advocate receives Principal’s Award
BETHEL — When Gabby Groves was a sophomore, she and three friends, M.J. Johansen, Keaton Chapman and Janna Botka, started the Civil Rights Team at Telstar Regional High School to address hate crimes and bullying. “I have a big passion for everything civil rights,” said Groves, 18, of Bethel. The Telstar senior recently received the […]
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West Paris fellowship group raises money for community
The Goodwill Fellowship of the First Universalist Church of West Paris meets monthly for pizza and Pokeno.
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Bethel approves $3.4 million for waste water treatment plant
BETHEL — On Friday night 26 voters approved $3.4M to upgrade Bethel’s failing wastewater treatment plant. Select board members Frank Del Duca, Meryl Kelly, Patricia McCartney, Lori Swain, and Chairman Lloyd Sweetser, along with Town Manager Natalie Andrews and Assistant Town Manager Amy Hanscom all sat at the front desk with 30 voters in attendance […]