Today River Valley

10/13/2025

With Halloween coming up, here's a feature from about 10 years ago on a spooky movie filmed in this area.

10/09/2025

The power to recall elected officials has been promoted as an important part of the democratic process, but in a small town, things don't always turn out smoothly.

09/24/2025

From 10 years ago on Today River Valley, a look at how hiking trails are created.

09/16/2025

It's a hot housing market now, but not so long ago, housing in western Maine was selling at bargain prices. Here's a video from 2016 looking at the phenomenon of the real estate auction - what happens when the owners can't or won't pay their mortgages.

09/06/2025

There is a remarkable garden in western Maine. Here's the story - updated edit - of the Habitat for All Garden at the Valentine Farm in Bethel, Maine

07/25/2025

A look at a bright moment in the arts history of Portland Maine, the dance center Maine Movement in the early 1980's.

07/01/2025

The Shy, Novice and Closeted Art Show has been taking place every July in Bethel for over two decades, and it's happening again this weekend, Saturday, July 5 at 18 High Street in downtown Bethel. Here's a segment of a story about this enduring and remarkable event that appeared in 2015 in Today River Valley.

06/21/2025

With hot days coming, here are cool views of Bryant Pond/Christopher Lake in winter, from the back files of Today River Valley.

01/08/2025

As the other post noted, Judy Kuhn, the well known director of Rumford's amateur theater group RAAPA, died recently. Here's a more detailed video about her, from a piece that appeared on the program Today River Valley, presenting Judy and RAAPA in detail.

01/07/2025

News came today of the death of Judy Kuhn, well known for her 25 year teaching career in the Rumford Schools and as an organist for many local churches, but most notably as director of the popular amateur theater company, RAAPA. In her various roles, she was interviewed a number of times on Today River Valley. Here she is in 2013 with a choral group she organized, performing a benefit at the Victorian Villa nursing home.

08/24/2023

This week marks the 80th birthday of Bethel historian Stan Howe. Here's a video from an old edition of Today River Valley in which Stan described the history of the town.

Former Bethel Historical Society executive director Stan Howe offered an overview of the history of Bethel.