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The barbs above, the mud below
2010-09-02 00:00:12The first annual Tough Mountain Challenge took place Saturday at Sunday River Ski Resort. Nearly 200 competitors slid, crawled, climbed and ran their way through a daunting course of mud, water, rocks, netting and fire. Debbie Moreau from Lewiston placed first in the women’s categor...0 Comments -
New mill owners offer to sell six-acre parcel across from Town Office to Greenwood
2010-09-02 00:00:12Would the town of Greenwood be interested in owning a six-acre lot across Bird Hill Road from the current town office, a lot that is currently part of the Saunders Mill property? Town selectmen are expected to discuss that possibility at their regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 7. The ... -
New book puts Bethel potter among the world's elite
2010-09-02 00:00:12The work of Bethel potter Woody Hughes has recently been included in a new book celebrating the creations of 38 international masters of the craft “Masters: Earthenware, Major works by leading artists” was “curated” by the late Matthias Ostermann, a member of the In... -
A way's away: Unexpected encounter in a Downeast VFW hall
2010-09-02 00:00:12“From away,” I fessed up to the looming Machias lobsterman. “Away” as in pretty far – the middle of Illinois where my wife and I “winter” each year, 800 miles from saltwater, tethered to the midlands by family, work, and friends. But, I quic... -
IN THE SEPT. 2 CITIZEN PRINT EDITION
2010-09-01 00:00:00Telstar Fall Sports Schedule and team previews; photos of local competitors in Sunday River Tough Mountain Challenge; cribwork in the Sunday River; detailed view of 200-year-old local hand drawn map; seeing-eye dog; Oxford County Sheriff's Patrol log. -
Bethel resident to appear on PBS' "History Detectives" Monday
2010-09-02 00:00:12On Monday the PBS show “The History Detectives” will include a segment on Jean Waite of Bethel and a 200-year-old historic document she found in her great-grandmother’s records. Waite, whose day job is director of Adult Education for SAD 44, considers herself a history an... -
Grafton/Mahoosuc plan nears completion
2010-09-02 00:00:12Timber management to protect visual impacts. Plans to curb unauthorized ATV/vehicle use in Riley Township. A proposal to use the proximity of a timber management road off East B Hill Road as an educational tool. Those tentative recommendations are among nine proposed to addre... -
First day of school at Crescent Park
2010-08-26 00:00:00The SAD 44 2010-2011 school year got underway Thursday. At the Crescent Park Elementary School in Bethel, Keona Bouchard held high a sign for her classmates in Mrs. DeLallo's second grade to gather as they got off the bus in the morning. With her are, from left: Mason Thompson, J-Lyn Roy and Aver... -
Saunders Mill's new owners plan greater economic and energy efficiency
2010-08-26 00:00:14Feeding end of rolling pin finisher--Louise Jonaitis, co-owner of the former Saunders Brothers mill in Locke Mills, shows where rolling-pin blanks (stacked right) start their journey on the machine where they are sanded twice (coarse, then fine) and sealed with natural wax. Last year Saunders Bro... -
Upton celebrates Sesquicentennial
2010-08-26 00:00:14Several dozen quilts were on display at the Upton Church as part of the town's 150th anniversary celebration.