This morning it was -18F when I opened my eyes long enough to see the Weather Channel app showing the temperature. It’s been a cold week, but this time when I went out to feed the birds, the air feel as though it would shatter. I soon adjusted to the cold, hard air and even […]
February 2022
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UMF Visiting Writers Series features award-winning poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s celebrated Visiting Writers Series presents award-winning poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc as the popular program’s fourth reader of the 2021/2022 season. Fay-LeBlanc will read from his work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is free and open […]
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Join healthy living February workshops
REGION — Healthy Living for ME has announced the organization’s February schedule of workshops for Mainers. Available statewide, with in-person, virtual, and telephonic options, the workshops address a variety of health needs such as diabetes, arthritis, chronic pain, and many other chronic or ongoing conditions. The workshops are free and low-cost and are open […]
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How do they say that in…
English: integrateFrench: intégrerSpanish: integrarGerman: integrierenItalian: integrareChinese: Zhěnghé 结合
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Current Events/Black History Month – Clara Luper
Clara Shepard Luper (pronounced LOOP-er) was a school teacher in Oklahoma who became an important leader in the Civil Rights Movement, helping to win equal treatment for black people.Clara Mae Shepard was born in 1923 in a small county in Oklahoma called Okfuskee.Growing up, she attended schools that had only black students, because in those […]
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4-H workshop explores marshlands, climate change
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online workshop for youth ages 12–18 years about marshlands and climate change from 1:30–2:45 p.m. on Feb. 23. “Maine’s Mysterious Marshlands: Using eDNA to Understand Climate Change” will explore Maine’s salt marshes and their environmental DNA to understand this habitat’s role in the midst […]
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Change coming: Maine Turnpike plans to end cash toll collection
Technological advancements in recent decades have made the cash toll experience alien to many drivers.
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Word of the Week
Integrate To make something into a whole by bringing all parts together; to unify. We should all help integrate immigrants into the community.
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Book Review: The Secret Mission of William Tuck
By Eric Pierpoint The Secret Mission of William Tuck is not for the faint of heart; this intense, Juvenile Fiction historical novel about the American Revolution depicts the horrors of war and slavery in a very graphic manner. Perhaps this book is best suited for Middle School, High School, and adults. It is written at […]
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Sports on TV: Wednesday, February 2, 2022
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, February 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ACCN — Florida St. at Clemson BTN — Purdue at Minnesota CBSSN — Butler at Xavier ESPN2 — Pittsburgh at Wake Forest ESPNU — Arkansas at Georgia SECN — Vanderbilt at Kentucky 9 p.m. ACCN — Georgia Tech […]