Several firefighters spoke in defense of former Fire Chief Kevin Davis at Thursday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, two days after Town Manager Joy Downing fired Davis.
Rose Lincoln
Staff Writer
Bethel Citizen writer and photographer Rose Lincoln lives in Bethel with her husband and a rotating cast of visiting dogs, family, and friends. A photojournalist for several years, she worked alongside many great writers, never fully appreciating what they do — until now.
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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.
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Albany man has lived off the grid for 50 years
With ingenuity and determination, Paul Hausman has worked hard to make his own way on a rural hillside in Albany Township.
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Harvesting cranberries in Maine not so tangible a task
Tracyn Thayer owns and operates Birch Bog Farm at 41 Dundee Road, Albany Township, one of Maine’s only organic cranberry farms. On Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the bog is open to pick your own, and/or to buy, “we-picked” berries.
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Hiker rescued after rainy night in western Maine
The hiker had fallen in the rain and injured his back when he slid into a tree. He refused treatment and went to a New Hampshire hotel.
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Handicapped-accessible trail coming to Buck’s Ledge in Woodstock
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Conservation Commission is making improvements to allow better access to the scenic Buck’s Ledge, including a handicapped trail called “Trail for All.” The wooded handicapped trail will afford everyone an opportunity to enjoy views of North Pond, Mount Abram in Greenwood and the White Mountains. “Everyone will have a chance to […]
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The beauty and creativity of chosen names: nicknames that people around Bethel ended up with
As children grow into their unique personalities, their identifiers sometimes change too.
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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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Family loses home in Greenwood fire
“I think my only option is to tear it down. There’s nothing salvageable there. The whole second floor is gone,” said Mike Jewell, noting that he may be able to save the attached barn.
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Dispelling the myths of Andover’s Merrill-Poor House
ANDOVER — Merrill ancestor Nick Chandler recently led Bethel historian Will Chapman and others on a tour through the Merrill-Poor-Chandler House on South Arm Road in Andover. Chandler, who manages the home, gave its history and dispelled some of the myths surrounding the house that has been in his family for eight generations, beginning with […]