BEHEL — On Friday, March 17, from 2:30-5pm, the Telstar Middle School Student Leadership group will be hosting a dodgeball tournament in Telstar gym. There are student teams, a staff team, and a PTA team. Spectators are welcome and students are asked to pay $2 to participate.
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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Newry town meeting to be held May 15
NEWRY — The Town of Newry’s Annual Town Meeting will be held Monday May 15 at the Bear River Grange Hall, 71 Bear River Road, at 6 p.m. Election Day will be June 13 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at town office, 422 Bear River Road. Newry select board nomination papers are due back […]
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Seniors come out for Soup’s On
BETHEL — Soup’s On is held from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Bethel United Methodist Church on Main Street in Bethel Village. All area seniors are invited to come to the monthly event. The next one is March 15. Seniors who need a ride should call: 824-4444.
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What is the history of your house?
BETHEL — Daniel Sparrin built the circa 1860 Tyler Street home where Jonathan Goldberg and his family live. Soon after they bought the house in 1986, Goldberg began to research it’s history. Along the way he heard from a neighbor that there was once a Klu Klux Klan cross-burning on his lawn in Bethel. Said […]
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The struggle to find a long-term rental
“It definitely has gotten harder to rent. There were options five years ago. There are no options now.”
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Community steps up after fire devastates family home
“To see such an outpouring of love … it’s great to know the River Valley cares so much,” Nick Chapman said.
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Combatting chronic absenteeism at Telstar
According to Maine Department of Education data, Telstar high school has one of the highest rates of chronic absenteeism of public schools in the state at 60.42%.
