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Telstar teams in Class C playoffs today
The Telstar High School softball and baseball teams are scheduled the Western Class C playoffs today (Thursday). The rain date is Friday. Softball, with a 14-1 record, will host Sacopee Valley at 3:45 p.m. Last Thursday, the... xx0 Comments -
Telstar commencement Friday evening
The Telstar Regional High School Class of 2010 will graduate Friday evening. The 48 seniors will receive their diplomas in a ceremony that begins at 7 p.m. at the school. Graduation Week activities began Tuesday with Senior Scholarship Night. On Wednesday the seniors went on ... xx -
Biologists: egg-laying turtles vulnerable on roadways
Think of “turtle” and most people think “slow.” So for these ancient reptiles, trying to cross a highway — such as Route 5 below Songo Pond in Albany — can be deadly. This time of year the females of many local turtle species are leaving their ... xx -
Conservationists seek more wind power money for Woodstock
The Woodstock Conservation Commission wants to add to the amount of money wind power developer Patriots Renewable must pay to the town as part of a “tangible benefits” requirement of state law. The WCC would like to see the money used for land conservation. In its applic... xx -
Newry selectmen set date for hearing on discontinuing road
Newry selectmen Monday set July 12 at 5:30 p.m. as the date for a public hearing on possibly discontinuing the .35-mile Wheeler Road, located in the Bear River Valley off Route 26. Discontinuance would require a town meeting vote. Seven lots on the road would be affected, code enforceme... xx -
Civil Air Patrol now has plane based at Bethel Airport
Civil Air Patrol Capt. Joe Roberts (left) of Rumford and Gary Brearley of Bethel at the Bethel Airport with a CAP plane that is now stationed here. The van pictured can be used by CAP ground teams in search and rescue operations. Brearley is the CAP commander for the Lewiston squadron. xx -
Mollyockett Medallion Hunt is underway
Check our website to learn when the medallion is found. The Mollyockett Treasure Hunt Hosted by The Bethel Citizen and the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce. Mollyockett was a Pequawket Indian who lived among and befriended the early settlers of Wester... xx -
'Porch Plays' latest addition to Bethel Art Fair
Bethel has won the “Maine’s Most Beautiful Porch Town” contest, sponsored by Paint Me. magazine. The search is now on to find Bethel’s best porch, to be painted for the magazine cover. The scenario is very believable, but in this case, fictitious. It&rsqu... xx
