🌱 Where Bethel locals can rent kayaks and paddleboards this summer

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• Where Bethel locals can rent kayaks and paddleboards this summer

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 54 degrees.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 84, low: 54.
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 54 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• This guide will help you paddle your way through western Maine (pressherald.com) — If you’re looking to get on the water close to home, Bethel businesses offer kayak, canoe, and paddleboard rentals plus shuttle-supported Androscoggin River trips from Mayville Road. The guide also compares options in Wilton, Farmington, Waterford, and Rangeley, with prices, locations, and what’s included so you can plan a day on western Maine’s lakes and rivers.
   

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📸 Around Bethel

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bethel

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday August 19

• Bethel Library Book Club — Bethel Library Association →
  Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, 10 Broad St, Bethel
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday July 29

• PreK Screening
  Rsu 44/msad 44 Bethel, ME 04217
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Stacking Stones →
  Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood
  5:00 pm

Monday July 27

• Mini Mountain Challenge →
  Sunday River Resort, 15 S Ridge Rd, Newry
  10:00 am

Wednesday July 29

• PreK Screening
  Rsu 44/msad 44 Bethel, ME 04217
  9:00 am

Thursday July 30

• Rexy Dinosaur →
  Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood
  4:00 pm

Friday July 31

• Dana & Nick Duo →
  Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood
  5:00 pm

Saturday August 1

• The Cobblestones at Mt Abram Bike Park →
  Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood
  5:00 pm

Sunday August 2

• North Peak Lobster Bake →
  Sunday River Resort, 15 S Ridge Rd, Newry
  6:00 pm

Thursday August 6

• Toby McAllister →
  Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood
  4:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Byron Glaus →
  Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood
  5:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Dudley DoWrong & The Cowboy Killers →
  Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Bethel. Apply here.
• HCAOA posted a job opening for Home Health Aide (HHA) in Bethel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethel here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Rumford

• Homeschooling in Maine: A quick guide to getting started (sunjournal.com)
• Upon a Black Wall • The Havok Journal (havokjournal.com)
• After a 20-year artistic block, Maine painter Phil Poirier returns with retrospective at UMF Emery Arts Center (dailybulldog.com)

Norway

• Reader seeks cookbook from Wilton Blueberry Festival (sunjournal.com)
• 2 hours from Boston: this Norway, ME treehouse is hosting a shoppable retreat this weekend — named a top 10 getaway by National Geographic (bostonuncovered.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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