Selectboard passes WWTP budget, appoint residents

BETHEL — About half way through another long selectboard meeting, approval of the town’s wastewater treatment plan budget (WWTP) was discussed. Selectboard member Michele Cole said she wanted to see a proposed capital budget including the Mill Hill and Mayville projects before deciding. In attendance with Cole were Board Chair Meryl Kelly and board members […]

Rusty Lantern to expand

BETHEL — Rusty Lantern Market at the corner of Mayville Road and Parkway Road is expanding. The adjacent building where Pat’s Pizza once stood has been demolished and the site work currently underway is for future improvements said Corporate Office Administrator Alyse Oram. She said they are going to make it, “more like, the Rusty […]

Town attorney meets with selectboard to clarify roles, responsibilities

BETHEL — Town attorney Zachary Brandwein of Bernstein Shur Law Firm, attended a special selectboard meeting on Wed. July 19, to advise the selectboard on its role. Select Chair Meryl Kelly asked that public comments be held until the subsequent regular board meeting since this was a workshop. All the other board members were present: […]

Get ready for the material girls’ supply sale in September

GREENWOOD — Marie Bartlett, of Greenwood, and her co-directors, Marlene Twitchell of Woodstock and Susan Vacca of Greenwood are accepting fabric, sewing machines, buttons, thread and anything else related to crafting and sewing for their Crafter’s Supply Show on Sept. 9 and 10. They expect to fill Jackson Silver Post 81 at 595 Gore Road. […]

Fran Head dies at age 76

“She was someone that I could look up to and be very proud of. From being a waitress at the Red Top Truck Stop to serving eight years at the legislature,” said her daughter, Shannan Thielbar.

Photo Album: Bethel Summerfest

Albany’s Enock Glidden to hike Mt. Rainier

Enock Glidden, who was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, is raising funds in the hopes of becoming the first person with a disability to summit Mt. Rainier in Washington state.

Art and crafts exhibit at the Mason House through Labor Day

BETHEL — On the second floor of the Robinson House in the Huntoon Barn are textiles and furniture that are now part of an exhibit at The Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. Historical Society Vice President Donna Gillis, Melinda Remington, Carina Walter, Historical Society President Karen Bean, and Amy Chapman set up the new […]

Photo: Common rehearsal

Radar detects bodies in Cummings Plot

Ground penetrating radar was used to detect graves in the Cummings Plot across from the Greenwood Town Beach.