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🌱 Need help with heat or food in Bethel this winter?
Bethel, Maine Patch AM: a 3 min readHi there, Bethel! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Need help with heat or food in Bethel this winter?
Also on today's calendar: 1st Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 66 and low of 36 degrees.
- Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 63, low: 47.
- Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, with a high of 60 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• How to get or give help in Maine for housing, heating, food and more (sunjournal.com) — Bethel residents struggling with heating costs can turn to a local wood bank program, part of a statewide network offering free firewood to qualifying households. This resource guide also walks you through how to find help with food, rent, utilities, healthcare, diapers and furniture, while explaining where locals can donate money, goods or time to support neighbors in need. 
📸 Around Bethel
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Upcoming Events in
Bethel
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★ Featured events ★
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Mahoosuc Wildlife Tracking Club →
Mahoosuc Land Trust- Valentine Farm, 162 N Rd, Bethel
10:00 am
Sunday October 4
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Other local events
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The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution with Zara Anishanslin →
Robinson House, Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, 10 Broad Street, Bethel
5:00 pm -
"The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution" with Zara Anishanslin →
Robinson House, Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, 10 Broad Street, Bethel
5:00 pm -
Drop-In with the Library Director →
Bethel Library Association, 6 Broad Street, Bethel
11:00 am -
Maine Philanthropy Center Community Gathering: Western Maine →
99 Main St, Bethel
9:00 am -
Knitting Circle →
Bethel Library Association, 6 Broad Street, Bethel
10:00 am -
Storytime →
Bethel Library Association, 6 Broad Street, Bethel
10:00 am -
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
Rsu 44/msad 44 Bethel, ME 04217
9:00 am -
Paint Night FUNDRAISER for Telstar Youth Football →
The Millbrook Tavern, 21 Broad Street, Bethel
6:00 pm -
Paint Night FUNDRAISER for Telstar Youth Football - BETHEL →
The Millbrook Tavern, 21 Broad Street, Bethel
6:00 pm -
Hoot Night with Hooper →
Suds Pub - The Sudbury Inn, Bethel
8:00 pm -
1st Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games →
200 Mountain View Dr, Dixfield
10:00 am
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
📣 Bethel Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Prime Healthcare Services posted a job opening for Certified Residential Medication Aide in Rumford. Apply here.
- ND Paper, Inc. posted a job opening for Process Control Utility R4199 in Rumford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethel here.
🗞 Nearby News
Rumford
- Mainers are stretched thin. In Oxford County, many can't afford enough food. (sunjournal.com)
- Obituary: Joseph L.A. Cyr (sunjournal.com)
Norway
- Norway to vote on lot rent stabilization ordinance Oct. 15 (sunjournal.com)
- Obituary: Edison 'Ed' C. Henderson Sr. (sunjournal.com)
Paris
- Maine News Events Calendar October 2nd (turnerpublishing.net)
Ok Bethel! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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