Look for dementia kits at library

BETHEL — Two dementia kits are now available at Bethel Library for patrons to borrow. Mineral Museums Collection Manager Chrys Snogren, with the support of Executive Director Jessica Siraco, and colleagues Angela Connelly,  and Jim Chandler organized the kits after receiving  a micro grant with help from Nancy Davis, president of the Age Friendly Community […]

Every Wednesday is a Monday with Tai Chi

Enhanced relaxation; increased strength and flexibility; better breathing; and sleep are some of the benefits of this ancient Chinese form of exercise practiced.

Telstar teacher wins money for school supplies

Telstar Middle School Special Education Teacher Dee Robinson won $1,000 from a radio station.

Andover discusses storm relief dollars

Select Board also discussed many repairs at the Oct. 3 meeting.

Photo: Farm afield

Trail for All at Buck’s Ledge to be celebrated Oct. 14

WOODSTOCK  —  ‘What do you want for the future for your children?’ was the question Leslie Rosenberg’s Crescent Park School students were asked in 1999 when they were designing the Millennium sculpture beside the post office in Bethel. Their responses were to have the mountain ridge lines always stay as they were.  The sculpture built […]

Chuck Lakin travels to Bethel to talk about green burials

Green burial advocate calls it the ultimate recycling.

Photo: Flat Road color merge

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.

Mahoosuc Highlands preserved

BETHEL — On Sept. 25 a significant conservation easement protecting the 2,670-acre Shelburne Valley Forest and 1,030-acre Bald Cap Peak Forest, collectively known as the Mahoosuc Highlands Initiative conserved 3,700 acres. Both properties are now owned by the Forest Society (The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests) as a permanently protected forest reservation. […]