A six-month pause on commercial projects will be considered at a special town meeting.
Franklin Journal
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Remote learning expands accessibility in education, study abroad
What new learning methods will stick after the pandemic? International virtual exchanges may be here to stay.
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Franklin County nonprofit given $20,000 to build tiny homes for homeless youth
Director plans to raise about $72,000 for two pilot homes hosted on a vetted foster volunteer’s property.
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March town meetings were timed to get government business done before planting season
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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Starks tutoring project addresses learning inequities due to lack of internet
A satellite center is helping students through remote learning.
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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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Federal grant supporting Alice James Books and local author
The Farmington-based publisher received $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Katharine Wattles, 96, has knit over 250 hats for her community
After providing a hat to everyone around her, Wattles looked to her former employer at the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Spanky, a Wilton cat missing for two weeks is home again
An improbable series of events leads the feline back to his family.
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With robotics canceled, Blue Crew builds 3-D printers for science labs
The first device was part of the team’s Chairman’s Award efforts.