With many towns postponing or changing the format of the annual town meeting because of the coronavirus pandemic, a look back at the March tradition is traced to an agrarian society. The meeting originated when Maine was a district of Massachusetts, according to Wikipedia. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was authorized by royal charter, issued by […]
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Local medical providers address health disparities among transgender patients in rural Maine
Maine Public Health and University of Maine at Augusta Social Sciences Program address barriers through Zoom panels and dialogues.
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Farmington-area school district’s nutrition funding struggling amid remote learning
About 23% of students are educated full time at home, which means funding for the region’s food nutrition program is faltering.
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Aerial photo project could help Franklin County with land surveying, 911 system
Franklin County is assessing possible participation in an aerial digital photo project, which will cost tax payers $40,382.
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Giving to neighbors through the Buy Nothing Project
The Buy Nothing Mt. Blue Area Facebook group is promoting a neighborly, gift-giving economy in Franklin County.
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Dinners are returning Sunday evenings at Farmington church
Old South First Congregational Church has relaunched its free-meal program.
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UMF joins effort to map those who died trying to cross into U.S.
Hostile Terrain 94 is an international traveling exhibit currently on display in Waterville.
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Québec First Nations assert CMP’s corridor will trample ancestral lands
A coalition of three Québec First Nations are asserting that the hydropower to be transmitted through Central Maine Power’s New England Clean Energy Connect would be generated without their consent or consultation.
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Farmington Center for Entrepreneurial Studies envisioning boys and girls club
Vision is to reduce poverty and homelessness and increase diversity and inclusion.
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Franklin County to hold hearing on proposed $1.4M budget
As is, the spending package reflects an increase of $44,140 to the current budget.