Community Food Calendar

Community Food Calendar

Stevens named Wilson Scholar

FARMINGTON — Miles Stevens of Norway has been named a Wilson Scholar at The University of Maine-Farmington. A senior with an individualized studies major with a concentration in English, Stevens has created a project exploring her Sámi heritage. Stephen Grandchamp, UMF assistant professor of literature and digital humanities, is the faculty sponsor. The University of […]

Book Review/Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs

Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs By Tomie dePaola Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy’s mother tells him Nana Upstairs won’t be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Updated with new, […]

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Going blue for Drew!

BETHEL — It all started just a few weeks ago when CPS fifth grade teacher Miss Krystle Gould was having lunch with her students; Drew Walker, Xander Vandenbulcke, Rowan Theriault, Levi Decareau, Richard Paul, and Landon McPherson. One of the boys, Drew Walker, asked the other boys if they had Autism? The boys looked at […]

Fiddlehead Festival returns

FARMINGTON — After a two-year hiatus, the popular Maine Fiddlehead Festival is slated for a revival on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington.Beginning in 2012, the local food-centered festival was held annually until the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled plans in 2020 and again […]

Bethel potters part of Maine Pottery Tour

WEST BETHEL — Martha Grover and Joshua Rysted – of 630 West Bethel Rd., Bethel – are two of 54 potters on this year’s Maine Pottery Tour. Joshua’s website (jdrpottery.square.site/) describes him as follows: “Joshua David Rysted is a small batch potter who creates functional, wheel-thrown and slab-built pottery made one-at-a-time by hand. A transplant […]

New solar ordinance in the works

BETHEL — The Bethel Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) presented the latest draft of the town’s new solar ordinance, which the town’s lawyer had reviewed, at the April 4 selectboard meeting. “The biggest thing was the area we set, a 175-acre maximum for the town,” said ORC Chair Jim Bennett. There is a 125-acre limit for […]

Word of the Week

anemometer an-ih-MOM-ih-ter (Say thermometer, but replace ther with annie.) An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Scientists on Mt. Washington use an anemometer to tell how fast the wind is blowing.