Monday evening, the Bethel selectboard unanimously denied a request by Bethel's United Church to authorize a short traffic interruption and a parade of Bethel fire trucks in order to perform a "blessing" of the new Church Street Bridge. More...

The Herald has learned that the Bethel School Board held a special meeting last week to discuss far-ranging issues relating to the Bethel school district's educational policy, but did not properly warn the meeting. More...

One of North Hollow Farm’s breeding Hereford cows was shot dead and then repeatedly sliced and jabbed with a knife on Sunday, apparently by someone who drove onto the field where the cow was pastured. More...