WOODSTOCK — Sean Coffin and Bob McQueeney traded places Tuesday night. After two years of watching from the audience, new Woodstock Selectman Bob McQueeney sat at the front table. He was sworn in at the town meeting on March 27. Jeffrey Campbell Jr. and Town Manager Vern Maxfield were there, too. Chairman Ronnie Deegan was […]
Rose Lincoln
Staff Writer
Rose Lincoln began as a staff writer and photographer at the Bethel Citizen in October 2022. She and her husband, Mick, and three children have been part time residents in Bethel for 30 years and are happy to now be here full time. Rose previously worked as a staff photographer at Harvard University and freelance photographer at the Boston Globe and at several Boston colleges.
She remembers fondly the start of her career as a staff photographer for a chain of weekly newspapers, surrounded by writers who vied to assign her to their town's stories. She next worked for several years at The Patriot Ledger, a daily in Quincy, Massachusetts. She has won several national and regional awards for her photography. Writing full stories (and not just cutlines for photos) is a new and exciting endeavor and she appreciates your patience as she tries to get it all right.
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Eliot List hopes to share Italy with others
BETHEL — Eliot List grew up on Morning Glory Farm on the Flat Road in West Bethel. Starting in 2015, his parents invited WWOOFER’s (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms) to stay with them each summer. Two or three people at a time work 25 hours a week in exchange for room and board. “I’m used […]
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Happy Birthday to Arlene Harrington, soon-to-be centenarian
BETHEL — Arlene (Remington) Harrington was always full of moxie. It was that brazen attitude that is the reason she lost part of her left thumb, when she was only 4. “My brother was mowing the lawn and I wanted to help, and they wouldn’t let me,” she says. “When that blade come around, […]
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Region 9 director updates adult education director salary
BETHEL — According to a letter from Region 9 Director Brenda Gammons, a new Adult Education director has been hired, pending budget approval. The compensation for this position has been negotiated at $79,825 for 156 workdays beginning July 1. The present director earns a salary of $48,039 for the same schedule. This new negotiated salary […]
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Bethel’s ‘Olympia’ holds world record for tallest snowman 15 years later
After a record-breaking snowman collapses in Austria, Bethel’s Olympia holds the 15-year title.
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New owner evaluating plans for The Bethel Inn Resort
The 1913 inn is a centerpiece of the town overlooking the White Mountains.
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Celebrating ‘Christmastime in Maine’
Two native Mainers and performers — Kevin Scott Hall and Judy (Labbe) Pancoast — share fond memories of Christmas in their home state.