Annual Awards Celebration & Silent Auction

The 47th Annual Awards Celebration & Silent Auction is totally new for 2016. It's the fun, feel-good event of the year, now being hosted at Mt. Abram's main lodge and catered by the Good Food Store & Catering Co. It's a night to honor the people and businesses who pour their hearts and souls into being good citizens and making Bethel the fabulous community that it is.

Please RSVP by Friday, April 29.

Announcing the winners for 2016:

Maine Guide Award ? Jim Osgood

Henry H. Hastings Award for Citizenship ? Nancy Babcock

Lifetime Achievement Award ? Jane Chandler

Business of the Year Award ? Cho Sun

Forest Products Industry Award ? Brent Angevine

Public Service Award ? Scott Sumner

Bethel Area Non-Profit Leadership Award ? Judy Sullivan

Rising Star Entrepreneur Award ? Wade Kavanaugh & Beth Weisberger, The Gem Theater & Gneiss Spice

Ski Industry Professional of the Year:  Dave Scanlan, General Manager of Mt. Abram

Education Professional of the Year:  Deb Webster, The Eddy School

Service & Retail Professional of the Year: Greg Duclos, Sunday River Brewing Co. 

Hospitality Professional of the Year:  Robin Bennett, The Sudbury Inn

Special Recognition Awards:
Bethel Outing Club
Kristen O'Connor - Western Maine Budo Arts