Mornings at Museum ready for summer!

To the Editor: Once again, the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society will hold their summer children’s program, “Mornings at the Museum” every Thursday in July.  Times will still be from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and children must be accompanied by an adult. Our theme this year is “Music and Dancing” and we will have dedicated time […]

How do they say that in

English:     carapaceFrench:   carapaceSpanish:  carapachoGerman:   Schale (German capitalizes nouns)Italian:  corazzaArabic:   aldhubil dire qarniun الذبل درع قرنيChinese:  Jiǎké 甲殼

Word of the Week

Carapace (Rhymes with scare a face)The upper shell of a turtle.The word also describes the hard shield that covers parts of crabs, lobsters, armadillos, and even some spiders.In certain video games, a type of body armor is called carapace armor.Rachel picked up the turtle by its carapace.

Current Events/ Turtles

If you like dinosaurs, you probably will like turtles, too. While most dino fossils are from animals that died out millions of years ago, fossils of turtles look, in many ways, like turtles today. Except some were larger. And some had teeth, which modern turtles do not.Turtles are the oldest of all surviving reptiles, older […]

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Locke’s Mills

The Bethel Library will honor Michelle Conroy for her 27 years as library director with an open house at the library on Saturday, May 14, from 10 to 11 a.m. Please stop by to enjoy some refreshments and wish Michelle well on her retirement! Make sure that you have Greenwood’s annual Town Meeting marked on […]

Rotary meets at Grace Note Inn

For the past few weeks, the Rotary Club of Bethel has been meeting at the new Grace Note Inn. Owner and Rotarian Brenda Blond has graciously invited the club to use her beautiful business as “home base.” At the last meeting, Rotarians enjoyed an update from Abby Borron, the communications manager for Sunday River Resort, […]

Education: Reading tools

The codex — multiple sheets of paper or parchment sewn together — the book as we know it, has been around for 2,000 years. It made reading easier; you needn’t use both hands to unroll and roll a scroll. You could go quickly to any page; numbering made that even easier. Over the years, all […]

Lorrain to seek re-election

NORWAY — Ryan Lorrain has announced that he will be seeking re-election to the Norway Board of Selectmen. Lorrain, a fourth generation resident of Norway, works for the Maine Legislature where he serves as a senior aide for the House of Representatives. In addition, he is the owner of a local small business, Norway Candle […]

Bethel

Upcoming events will all take place at our local churches.  On Saturday May 14 from 9 a.m. to noon will be the Smile Fund Yard Sale at the West Parish Congregational Church on Church Street and is open to everyone. Proceeds from this event benefit the Adult Denture Program. Adults who are looking for assistance […]