Handing out $100 bills to strangers during the holiday season evokes an unforgettable feeing, Amy Calder writes.
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UMF’s Sweatt-Winter programs settles into new building
‘This year will be a play year,’ Director Erica Thompson said when asked how she saw the program expanding in the new building, which is more than double in size.
Farmington-based food pantry receives $10K donation
UMF professor Dr. Steven Quackenbush and the Tyngtown club of Wilton have teamed up to give a donation to the RSU 9 Food Pantry to continue support the pantries backpack program.
Wilton posts job listing to hire town manager
The Wilton Board of Selectpersons voted unanimously to post a listing for a town manager, beginning their search for current Town Manager Perry Ellsworth’s replacement.
Farmington university’s child education program to include infants and toddlers
The building at 274 Front St. will be the home of the nationally accredited Sweatt-Winter Early Care and Education program.
Rich Abrahamson: Laughter, tears mix as man remembered in wake of fatal Anson boating accident
Mark Henry died ‘doing what he loved’ in July while boating on the river, and Rich Abrahamson just so happened to visit Henry 15 days before the accident.
Farmington-based district reports rising chronic absenteeism in all schools
Regional School Unit 9 administrators formulating plan to address problem.
On Mother’s Day, a ode to complicated, unfettered love
Marla Hoffman breaks from tradition and writes an homage to her children on this Mother’s Day.
Thinking Things Through: Learning a second language late in life
Liz Soares has been practicing French every day for the past five months or so, measuring success one syllable at a time.