Katie Getchell News Today

The Maine Film Festival runs Nov. 4-11 at the Gem Theater.

BETHEL — On Sunday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. The Gem Theater, 48 Cross Street, will host a screening of a Maine Jewish Film Festival in Bethel. Maine Jewish Board Vice President Katie Getchell, of Bethel and her fellow Board Member Marcel Polak of Woodstock are organizing and funding the event that Getchell said is […]

BETHEL — In a nearly three-hour Bethel select board meeting, not televised due to connectivity issues, nine members were chosen to be on the Ethel Bisbee ad-hoc committee. Before a final motion was made, the board backtracked to add two abutters to the group that will propose a plan for the former elementary school property. […]

About 50 voters turned out at the Gem Theatre March 7 to vote for two warrants at a Special Town Meeting.

BETHEL — At the Nov. 2 Board of Selectmen meeting,  the proposed demolition of the Ethel Bisbee School was at issue, again. Neighbor, Katie Getchell, of 39 Chapman Street, asked, “What happened to the August 2021 idea of a visioning workshop with all the members of the public? … I want to speak up on […]

The Portland museum plans to collaborate with other cultural organizations to put on more events and programs, including the first production of Opera in the Pines.