Trump’s video Wednesday represented his most comprehensive remarks yet about the election.
2020
Fire engulfs Waterville home during early morning hours Thursday
The blaze in the city’s South End drew firefighters from multiple communities across central Maine.
Cancer: A joint venture looks promising
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Amanda Seyfried, 35; Bruno Campos, 47; Holly Marie Combs, 47; Julianne Moore, 60. Happy Birthday: Conversations that lead nowhere will hold you back. A cut-and-dried approach to what’s going on around you and what you want to do will ensure that you reach your goal and build a better future. […]
SAD 17 continues battle to keep schools open
Oxford Hills Middle School is the newest hot spot of the virus, but no spread has been established to happen within its buildings.
Friends are short on sympathy after possible COVID exposure
DEAR ABBY: My husband came down with COVID and has been having a hard time getting over it. When he first started showing the symptoms, I took him to a drive-through medical clinic and got him tested for COVID. The results were negative, so a couple of days later, I carpooled with a friend to […]
Steroid rage ruined 17-year marriage
DEAR DR. ROACH: After five years, I still have questions after my husband (at the time) started getting more and more critical, until culminating in a few weeks where he started ranting, calling me profane names and leaving me emotionally depleted and confused. We had been married for 17 years, and I had never seen […]
911: Rural fire departments call for help
WEST PARIS — The West Fire Department’s recent Facebook post asking for volunteers generated lots of shares and a good bit of interest. Unfortunately, so far all the respondents live outside the response area, but Fire Chief Troy Billings did not disregard them. Instead, he sent their contact information to other chiefs with departments within […]
Education: A follow up
“In-school, hybrid, remote…” a collaborative article on this region’s school districts, appeared in the Citizen on November 26. It raises interesting issues. SAD 44 has done well in keeping young people learning, in school or at home. Absenteeism and truancy rates, rising elsewhere, remain stable here. Though both rates mean that students aren’t in school, […]
It’s not too late for Giving Tuesday
PARIS — Please help Responsible Pet Care meet their goal so they can continue to help homeless pets in the Oxford Hills area. Responsible Pet Care, P. O. Box 82, Norway, Maine 04268. Sponsor a Dog or Cat Kennel: For $10 a month you can sponsor a cat kennel and for $25 a month you […]
Christmas for Families 2020
To the Editor: Once again making sure the message got out there that Christmas for Families will not be having a FUNDRAISER at the American Legion in Locke Mills this year due to the virus. We all are aware of what the PANDEMIC has done to us. Here is hoping for a better year in […]