BETHEL — Mahoosuc Land Trust is set to offer “Birds, Backyards and You — A Webinar Series” starting Wednesday, Jan. 24. Winter provides ample time to watch the birds visiting feeders and landscape and to try to figure out what is happening. It also is an opportune time to listen to a professional bird rehabilitator […]
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Mollyockett Chorus to perform for benefit concert
The Mollyockett Chorus, renowned a cappella singers, will perform a benefit concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Norway. Each year the chorus adopts a theme for selecting the songs they will sing that season. This year’s theme is “Your Flight Has Been Delayed” – songs we […]
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Senior college program on Alzheimer’s set for Oct. 5 in Bethel
BETHEL — Tips from the latest research from the Alzheimer’s Association are set to be presented by Valerie Cole, SeniorsPlus licensed social worker, from 4:30-6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5 at the West Parish Congregational Church, 32 Church St. This “Healthy Living for Brain and Body” program is sponsored by “To Your Health” of the […]
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Bethel museum to offer mineral identification day, free admission
BETHEL — The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum at 99 Main St. plans to host two free events on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23-24. On Sept. 23, a mineral identification day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Research technologist and experimental chemist Al Falster will provide free visual identification of three specimens. […]
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Historian Randall Bennett to give presentation on Hastings Homestead
A presentation by Randall H. Bennett, “The Hastings Homestead Museum: Five Generations in the Making,” will be given at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. In a PowerPoint presentation, Bennett will talk about the Homestead, which is in Bethel’s “Broad Street Historic District” and has been continuously […]
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‘He’s home now’: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 82 years later
Ensign Stanley Willis Allen of Bethel was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His remains were identified 80 years later.
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Steve Moore to play at The Bethel Summerfest
Veteran singer/guitarist Steve Moore will perform at The Bethel Summerfest from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, at The Gazebo on Bethel Town Common. Moore regularly performs across Maine and in other venues around New England and features a varied selection of Americana, rock and roll, folk, country, blues, R&B, and classic songs by a […]
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After three years of debate, Gardiner Planning Board to decide whether to allow controversial apartment, condo complex
Nearby residents have opposed the Gardiner Green housing development on Dresden Avenue, saying it would change the character of their neighborhood.
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Mahoosuc Community Band plans spring concert
The Mahoosuc Community Band will play a Spring Concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, at the Bingham Auditorium at Gould Academy in Bethel. Refreshments will be served following the concert. Under the direction of Gould music director Jim McLaughlin, the band practices with the Gould students weekly. Concert selections include “Somewhere by Leonard […]
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After spectacular fireball, the hunt is on for meteorites in Washington County
The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is offering a $25,000 reward for the first meteorite recovered after Doppler radar captured them falling to Earth on Saturday morning.