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Bethel Water District approved for $493,000 in grants/loans
POSTED AUG. 19-USDA Rural Development has approved a $278,000 loan and $215,000 grant for the Bethel Water District, according to a press release from Congressman Mike Michaud. The funds will be used to provide additional facilities to increase the supply of water as well as ensure improved... xx0 Comments -
New mill owners aim to make Locke Mills 'The Rolling Pin Capital of New England'
POSTED AUG. 19-“Maine can't live off blueberries and lobster,” said Louise Jonaitis, one of the new owners of the Saunders Brothers mill in Locke Mills, but we have wood, the mills to work it, and the experienced workers who know how. Jonaitis and her partner in the venture, St... xx -
Store's move brightens Bryant Pond village
MONDAY WAS A BLUR OF ACTION at the former Village Store in Bryant Pond, as Bob Breau (gray T-shirt), family, friends and other workers hurried to prepare for the store’s reopening today as the new location for Breau’s ‘Too.’ Here Bob, his wife, Cathy, (yellow shirt) and br... xx -
Goat Support Team showed Nancy Young their love
POSTED AUG. 19-Nancy Bailey Young, the much-loved secretary of the Crescent Park Elementary School, lost her six-year battle with cancer Monday. But during her final weeks this summer, through a T-shirt and bracelet campaign carried out over Facebook, hundreds of people in the Bethel commu... xx -
Summer class teaches hands-on history
POSTED AUG. 19-In late June six Telstar High School students enrolled in a summer history class to earn one and a half credits. For several, it was not high on their list for how to spend summer. “It felt like back to school already,” said one. But this was not an ordina... xx -
THS freshman runner shows great promise
POSTED AUG. 19-In his younger days Dan Crooker, Telstar High School’s track and cross-country coach, competed in running at the national level. So he knows a good runner when he sees one. He sees one in 14-year-old freshman Josef Holt Andrews. Josef, a good all-around athlete,... xx -
Simple things like radios, water tanks and 12-volt batteries are changing lives on the Mosquito Coast, and here
Isolated house nested along the bank of the Rio Grande de Matagalpa, with no electricity, no running water, and travel by dug-out canoe. The raw materials use to construct such dwellings are not resistant to the area's frequent storms and flooding. xx -
Winning technique
Gabe Coolidge flips a pie over to get it out of the plate during Saturday’s pie-eating contest at Andover Olde Home Days. Gabe finished first to win in his age category. xx -
Bethel selectmen endorse full closure for Route 2 bridge work
Bethel selectmen Monday gave their support to closing down the Route 2 overpass next spring while new decking is installed. The six-inch concrete deck slab on the 48-year-old bridge is in “serious” condition, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. Options f... xx -
Antiquarian Supper will bring together old-time food, dress, heirlooms
A hundred fifty-five years ago, like other New Englanders in a changing world, some Bethel residents longed for the simpler past. So in three successive years in the 1850s, local residents dressed in old-time clothing, brought relics and heirlooms to display, shared old stories and enjoyed... xx