Bethel News

A pair of houses on Route 26 were destroyed by fire early Tuesday, Nov. 16. Here firefighters from Woodstock and surrounding communities work to contain the blaze, which appears to have started in one home and spread to the neighboring building.

Jeffrey Tyler, a volunteer firefighter accused of setting a blaze that destroyed two houses, is led to Oxford County Superior Court on Wednesday.

BETHEL a ' A dispute at a local eatery ended when the town's code enforcement officer punched a local developer in the face, Town Manager Jim Doar said Thursday.

Another volunteer fire fighter in Maine has been charged with arson. 28-year-old Jeffrey A. Tyler of Bethel faces two counts of arson for fires that destroyed two vacant houses in western Maine.

State Police say they have charged a volunteer firefighter with two counts of arson in connection with overnight fires that destroyed two vacant houses in Locke Mills on Tuesday.

GREENWOOD, Maine a ' A volunteer firefighter has been charged with arson in connection with overnight fires that destroyed two vacant houses in western Maine.

WEST PARIS a ' The selectmen last Thursday agreed to join with local resident Carol Mills in studying the feasibility of erecting a skateboard park near the town office on Kingsbury Street.

Bertha May Flanders, 99, of South Paris, died on Nov. 13. She was born June 25, 1910, on Bird Hill in Bethel, the daughter of Charles and Ella Jordan.

PARIS a ' Attendance rates in the Oxford Hills School District have remained strong despite continuing outbreaks of flu-like symptoms among students and staff, an official said Thursday.

BETHEL a ' Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant will meet with selectmen and the Budget Committee on Nov.

BETHEL a ' Selectmen could decide the future of the town's police force when the board meets at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov.

Wayne David DuPlessis, 57, of Bethel, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. He was born Jan.

Midwest Price Co. chip truck driver Jamie Murphy, center, of Canton, talks with an unidentified man after the tractor-trailer Murphy was driving slammed into the Michael J. Mills Landscaping trailer at right at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday on Route 2 in Bethel.

Wayne David DuPlessis of Bethel died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. He was born Jan. 10, 1952, in Van Buren, the son of Ludger and Theresa DuPlessis.

BETHEL a ' For 15 years, Wayne DuPlessis counseled individuals, couples and families with a host of mental health issues from conflict resolution to coping with grief.

There are some strange goings-on within Bethel town government. The police chief, Alan Carr, has had some action taken against him, the nature of which is unknown.

PARISA a ' A former Bethel town manager has been chosen to be the new administrator for Oxford County.

" Dozens of township residents got together last week to celebrate the inclusion of the Albany Town House on the National Register of Historic Places and the major restoration work recently completed.

Babe the Blue Ox passes the Paul Bunyan replica as the 6-foot-tall, 10-foot-long fiberglass bovine arrives in downtown Rumford on Thursday afternoon.

The east peak of Borestone Mountain is outlined in the foliage of its shadow near Lake Onawa in Elliotsville Township in 2008.