Bethania News

River John Conrad's story is really the American story of a man who sets out for places unknown, settles down and, through his own efforts, realizes his dream of achieving success.

Voters elected one incumbent and one newcomer to the town's board of commissioners, according to complete but unofficial returns.

Please join us for the 3rd Annual Black Walnut Festival located in the beautiful setting of Historic Bethania, celebrating our 250th Anniversary this year.

Life is full of cycles, as is death. Three people that I knew well died within an eight day period last week.

Public-radio station WFDD-FM is using an auxiliary transmitter after the station's main transmitter site in Davidson County went out.

There is no doubt who looked more comfortable in the middle of Bethania yesterday afternoon -- the 21st-century tourists in shorts sipping hard cider, or Terry Ramsbotham, dressed in a sweeping black skirt and hunched over hot coals, cooking 18th-century dishes.

Most of us love to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, even when they are not our own.

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