Ninth Annual Bethel, Maine Harvest Fest September 15-17. Forest Products day on Friday with tours of saw mill, forest products manufacturers and artisans, free to the public. Chowder and apple pie cook-offs on Saturday, farmer's market, historical society displays, cider-making, arts and crafts on the common.

(PRWEB) August 25, 2006 --The eighth annual Bethel, Maine Harvest Fest is scheduled for September 15-17. Presented by the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce (www.bethelmaine.com), the event celebrates the area’s farming, forestry and recreation tradition.


Friday’s Forest Products Day includes tours of Maine Line Products in Greenwood to view wood basket production; Maine Artisans Wood Gallery in Rumford to watch a wood-turning demonstration; Maine Balsam Fir Products in West Paris to view manufacture of balsam fir pillows; Timberlake’s Home Store in Bethel to view traditional Shaker furniture making and Hancock Lumber in Bethel to see the process of milling pine from debarking the logs to the final finished boards. All tours are free to the public.

The Northern Forest Center’s “Way of the Woods” Exhibit will be on display Friday through Sunday at the Bethel Fire Station across from the town common. The interactive exhibit portrays the culture and heritage of the Eastern Northern Forest spanning Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York.

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