Trump’s project has added just a few miles of new fencing where none previously existed. The effort largely has consisted of replacing small, older vehicle barriers with towering steel bars.
2020
Different perspectives reveal rising tensions at RSU 9
The RSU 9 community is wondering who the school board is listening to before making decisions.
Maine’s federal allocation of vaccine falls far short, Mills says
The governor says the initial shipment of 12,675 vaccine doses is about one-third of what the state expected and ‘far less than what is needed.’
CDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 with negative test
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to shorten the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19, as the virus rages across the nation.
New Orleans swingers event becomes superspreader after 41 test positive for coronavirus
People were encouraged to wear masks unless they were eating or drinking.
Local working group needed for Franklin County
USDA Funding for 2021: How Should the Money be Spent?
Hosted by Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District
Mills is hero
To the Editor: Maine Governor, Janet Mills, kept Maine’s COVID infection and death rates the lowest in the nation. That was before President Trump brought his super-spreader campaign events to Maine. Governor Mills personally asked Trump not to come. He came. The virus is now spreading rapidly! Governor Mills resisted when Republicans in the Legislature […]
Post-Thanksgiving 2020 – with gratitude and appreciation
The COVID pandemic has put an intriguing veil over our recent Thanksgiving festivities, but no more than has been over the rest of the year. Our son and daughter and her girls are here. We have been crazy busy baking, and in that regard, it has been blessedly normal. The nine-year-old asked if we had […]
Claire’s California Kitchen
Austria is a beautiful country! We were in Vienna in the fall and the old city was just beautiful, music everywhere and adorable shops with interesting items. So much history. The Viennese cuisine is remarkably hearty and rich and we enjoyed the restaurants and cafes with decadent desserts. Well, there is no travel in our […]
Feztival of Trees
To the Editor: The Kora Shriners of Oxford County will be holding the Oxford County Shrine Club Feztival of Trees at the Jordan Hotel Sunday River in Newry beginning on Friday, December 11, 4 until 8 p.m., Saturday, December 12 – 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., and Sunday, December 14, from 8 a.m. until Noon. […]