The Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Road in Farmington is doing their part to control the spread of COVID-19. Right now, they are temporarily closed to walk-ins and open by appointment only until further notice. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. Our office is open Monday through Saturday, noon […]
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Living in the No Longer and Not Yet: The silver linings amidst a global pandemic
One week ago, President Biden mourned the 500,000 COVID-19 U.S. death count by holding a candle lighting ceremony to honor the victims. Needless to say, the last year has been challenging and tragic for people. Everyone has adopted new norms and avenues of functioning, socializing, learning, and working. As months continue to progress, the future […]
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Movie Review: Tom and Jerry
I didn’t really grow up with the “Tom and Jerry” cartoon. I was more into Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, but I understand the two pairs have similarly adversarial relationships. The key difference is that while Wile E. definitely wants to eat the Road Runner, I don’t think Tom the Cat would know […]
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Pets of the Week
The Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Road in Farmington is doing their part to control the spread of COVID-19. Right now, they are temporarily closed to walk-ins and open by appointment only until further notice. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. Our office is open Monday through Saturday, noon […]
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Energy Matters — Why Does It Matter?
We have been writing this column now for almost a year, but recently realized we’ve neglected to explain why. First of all, the title: Energy Matters. You can read this as a short sentence, with “Energy” as the subject and “Matters” as the verb. Or you can just see it as a noun phrase, a […]
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Movie Review: Nomadland
Since September of last year when the film won top prizes at both the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, it has been clear that Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” would dominate awards season. Mind you, awards season itself was in question, with all the delays and compromises that affected all institutions in the last year. But […]
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Pet of the week
The Franklin County Animal Shelter has announced the Pets of the Week. The shelter is doing their part to control the spread of COVID-19 and will be closed to walk-ins and limiting community contact until further notice. They will continue offering adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638. The shelter is located at 550 […]
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Movie Review: Judas and the Black Messiah
One good thing about the year 2021 in movies is that we might get two Oscar seasons. Usually the deadline to qualify for a year’s Oscar race is the end of the calendar year, so December is often loaded with awards-chasers. But because there were so many releases pushed back in 2020, the Academy has […]
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Pet of the Week
The Franklin County Animal Shelter has announced the Pets of the Week. The shelter is doing their part to control the spread of COVID-19 and will be closed to walk-ins and limiting community contact until further notice. They will continue offering adoptions by appointment. Please call us at 207-778-2638. The shelter is located at 550 […]