BETHEL — Since 1966, the Bethel Historical Society has sponsored special summer events that enrich the lives of Society members, local residents and visitors from around the world. Thanks to the generosity of many individuals, these events are made available to the general public free of charge. This summer, the organization will again host Bethel’s […]
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Tom Rush coming to Kents Hill
Some humor, a little context, some music — it’s all vintage Rush. Truth may be an absolute, but sometimes a song can become more true with time. Maybe that’s why Tom Rush, one of the original singer-songwriters to blaze the trail for the folk renaissance of the 1960s, can still draw an audience of all […]
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Mahoosuc band holiday concert is Sunday
BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Community Band will hold its annual holiday concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the West Parish Congregational Church. Jane Chandler, who has been a member of the Mahoosuc Community Band for 17 years, said the band will add several new selections to their holiday concert, including “The Ludlows” from […]
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High school concert looks to hit a high note
PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School’s orchestra and choirs, which number 181 members, will hold their first concert of the school year next week. It begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the Mark Eastman Auditorium at the high school. It will feature the largest number of orchestra and choir members in recent […]
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Country stars Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley party with the Bangor Waterfront crowd
An estimated 12,000 people crowded into a newly cleaned-up and mostly de-smellified Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion on Friday evening to party to the sounds of two of the biggest stars in country music — Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley, with opening artist Kix Brooks. Both musicians meld the sound of classic country with a rock-based sensibility, […]
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Nearly 200 people gather for Fourth of July community picnic and concert
BETHEL — Nearly 200 people gathered at the side lawn of the Dr. Moses Mason House for the annual community picnic and Portland Brass Quintet concert Thursday afternoon. Prior to the two-hour concert, William Andrews, president of the Board of Trustees of the Bethel Historical Society, told the audience that the tradition of the community […]