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Looking Back on Oct. 29

100 Years Ago: 1920 Mrs. T.L. McKenney of Littlefields has been having a quart of ripe raspberries one night every week for supper. There are plenty more to ripen if the frost is delayed a while. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Dr. Alexander Tanous, internationally known lecturer on extrasensory will be the featured speaker at a […]

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Behavioral health professional training program offered

TURNER — MSAD 52 Adult Ed is offering a Behavioral Health (BHP) Professional training and certificate program. The BHP course consists of 12 on-demand online modules and a virtual live session with a certified BHP instructor. Children’s behavioral health services are vital to Maine’s children with intellectual disabilities, autism and mental health disorders and their […]

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Area parishes to commemorate All Souls’ Day

PORTLAND — On All Souls’ Day, also known as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, Catholic Church parishioners pray for the souls of those who have died and are still in purgatory being prepared for eternal life in heaven. Parishioners believe they can help those souls in purgatory through prayers. Several area parishes are […]

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Mark Rains: Support for Jan Collins

Maine Legislative Republicans missed two important points when they stated they would “not support an open-ended session that fails to focus on amending the governor’s emergency powers.” First, states doing the best at keeping citizens safe and economies healthy (Maine is among the leaders) are the ones that are guided by their public health departments […]

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Katie Kephart: Libby is good for health care

My baby has a rare genetic condition that affects only one in 32,000 people. Only two hospitals in the entire United States research it. Before telehealth became available because of COVID-19, he spent 80% of his life admitted to hospitals or traveling to distant appointments. Travel cancelled because of extreme weather had severe consequences for […]