Chapman Brook News Today

(The conclusion of “Bethel’s canned corn industry”.) BETHEL — A kernel of Bethel’s history was sown in today’s Modern Barn at 19 Summer Street. In the building that is now home to the upscale restaurant there was once a thriving corn canning factory that kept Bethel’s farmers busy and prosperous from 1880 until 1926. Sardines […]

Tamara and Vernon Davis of Chapman Brook Farm said they have noticed their outside crops are about two weeks behind where they should be right now.

BETHEL —  Inland Woods + Trails and The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit land trust,  announced an expansion of Bethel Community Forest, growing the protected forest by more than 50% to more than 1,500 acres. The lands added to the Bethel Community Forest (532 acres) include 2,500 feet of Chapman Brook, which serves as Bethel’s […]

The acquisition of 532 acres boosts a longstanding community vision for a trail system that will connect Sunday River through Bethel to Mt. Abram.

Read Article BETHEL — “Our mission is to bring safe drinking water to the residents of Bethel and West Bethel,” water district Chairman Scott Fraser said. The district meets the third Tuesday of each month at their office in West Bethel on the Flat Road. They meet at 7 p.m. and all of their meetings are open to the public. Changes Randy Autrey replaced Brent Angevine on the board of trustees last summer. Autry serves as clerk of the board while Fraser is chairman and Reggie Brown, the bo...