Gone are the many farmed islands that once dotted the Androscoggin River.
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New Hampshire motorcyclist dies in Bethel crash; Alabama man charged with OUI
David Roy, 61, of Berlin, New Hampshire, was killed Saturday evening when a vehicle drove onto Route 26 in the path of Roy’s motorcycle.
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Oxford County Commissioners Steven Merrill and David Duguay stepping down
State Rep. Sawin Millett and state Sen. Lisa Keim running for the vacancies.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Travelers at Portland jetport can visit the moon. Or at least a chunk of it
A moon chunk on display there weighs about 94 pounds and is the result of an asteroid striking the moon. It’s on loan from a Bethel museum.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
Bethel’s Olympian Frankie Del Duca to compete in World Cup this week
At the final World Cup competition in Lake Placid, New York, the Telstar graduate will pilot four-man and two-man bobsleds.
Posted inLocal & State
MSAD 44 directors allow book to stay in library, despite complaint about content
After discussing whether or not “Me, and Earl, and the Dying Girl” is appropriate for middle school-age children, the board voted to keep it on shelves citing the First Amendment.
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘It always felt natural to do’: Oxford County snowplow driver started side job when he was 16
John Kimball has been plowing area roads and driveways since he got his license in the late 1960s.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Sensors help some Maine schools address student vaping
For Edward Little High School, having the sensors and a substance misuse counselor has worked to curb some vaping among students.
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘It’s just amazing’: Bethel residents teaching immigrants English at Lewiston nonprofit
“Teaching English builds you up … you’re helping these people fit into a society and a culture that is so strange to them, it’s just amazing.” — Sharon Lyon of Bethel
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Farm to table: Bethel woman driven by passion to get local products to customers
Meryl Kelly logs about 150 miles a week taking orders, picking them up at farms and delivering to restaurants and customers in western Maine.