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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Slippery roads wreak havoc in Franklin County
Several vehicles slid off the roads and one tractor-trailer jackknifed in New Sharon.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Mt. Blue school district approves COVID-19 winter athletics policy
The Mt. Blue (RSU 9) Board of Directors approved a COVID-19 policy for participation in winter athletics. The policy includes mandates for universal pool testing and universal masking for indoor sports — which is a departure from an initial draft that allowed students to shed masks while actively practicing or competing.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Emery Community Arts Center hosts exhibit, meetings on mass-incarceration reform and prisoner-advocacy
UMF is hosting a series of Franklin County community action meetings on restorative justice with local law enforcement, organizations, leaders and other state prisoner advocacy and reentry organizations.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2021
Mainers shouldn’t forget that ‘delta is the fire that’s blazing here today,’ CDC director says
As the science around the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus unfolds, Maine CDC director urged Mainers to not forget about the variant already in front of them.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2021
UMaine-Farmington’s Sustainable Campus Coalition celebrates 20th anniversary
The Sustainable Campus Coalition, founded in 2001, is "an organization of students, faculty, staff and community members" working to reduce the campus's "environmental impact" and educate the community on sustainability.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2021
UMaine-Farmington students block road to protest town’s fossil-fuel emissions
Four University of Maine at Farmington students blocked off Main Street, one of Farmington's busier roads and thoroughfares, to protest climate change and the town's fossil fuel emissions. The sit-in ended when police intervened after 15 minutes. The sit-in raised discussion between participants, bystanders and other local activists about the most impactful ways to protest and instigate change.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2021
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies receives $51,000 to help address homelessness in Farmington
The Bjorn Foundation, established by Richard Bjorn of Kyes Insurance, has donated $50,000 to CES' 'Making Home Possible' initiative to provide housing-insecure youth with affordable tiny homes.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
Community Health Network loses 48 employees to vaccine mandate
FCHN reports 48 employees (or about 6.6% of its workforce) resigned or 'separated' from the company due to MaineHealth and Gov. Janet Mills' vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Of the 48 resignations and separations, 34 were clinical roles.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Franklin County commissioners hire Strong woman to oversee federal funds
Susan Pratt will work part-time and receive $500 a day for being program administrator for the county's American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2021
Franklin County hires Temple woman as new finance manager
Commissioners also set a public hearing for Dec. 7 on a proposed $1.5 million unorganized territory budget for 2022-23.
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