ANDOVER — 115 out of 154 Andover voters chose Justin Thacker to be their next selectman, according to Clerk, Tax Collector, Melinda Averill. Toby Wells received 26 votes and Kevin Scott received 13. The voting took place at Town Hall from 11a.m. to 7p.m. on Monday, February 13. Thacker will join Brian Mills and Joe […]
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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Short-term, affordable housing ordinance in Bethel is a multi-leveled topic
BETHEL — New proposed requirements for short term rentals will be discussed when the Bethel Ordinance Review Committee meets on at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21. “Short-term rental properties are one of the community’s strongest assets. These properties create an expandable bed-base consisting of a wide range of accommodation options that attract many different types of […]
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Black History Month: Abolitionist Harper spoke in Bethel in 1866
BETHEL — “A Lecture was given Friday evening of last week at Pattee’s Hall by Mrs. Frances W. Harper, a colored lady.” starts the news item in the Oxford Democrat newspaper on Feb. 23, 1866, less than a year following the end of the Civil War. And continues with a zinger: “Many a man of […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Bethel man does a ‘deep dive’ of the area with drone photography
Photographer and ‘pilot’ John Lewis flies drones photographing Maine’s natural landscape
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MSAD 44 exhausts snow days; remote days on trial
BETHEL — MSAD 44 School Superintendent David Murphy wrote to parents Feb. 2. He said the school had already exhausted the five snow days built into this year’s academic calendar and will be shifting to remote instruction in the event of another cancellation. “The staff have been working on developing plans that will be utilized […]
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Three running to fill Andover SB seat
ANDOVER — On Tuesday, Jan. 31, two Andover selectmen, Brian Mills and Joe Luce met, while two others vying for the open seat vacated by Jeff Elkie, sat in the audience. Candidates, Justin Thacker and Toby Wells and three other citizens were at Town Hall for the meeting. A third candidate, Kevin Scott, was not […]
