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  “The full semester features classes through the end of August, so if you received a brochure in the mail hang onto it,” said Five Towns. All in-person classes follow state guidelines for Covid-19 protocols including social distancing, required mask-wearing, and health checks for all participants and instructors before class. In addition, the department offers hundreds of online classes, many workforce classes, HiSET (high school diploma) tutoring and College Transitions tutoring and advi...

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 APPLETON — The annual town meeting for the Town of Appleton will be held Tuesday, June 8 at the Appleton Fire Station.  All articles will be voted on by secret ballot with polls open June 8 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.  There are two Select Board seats open and three candidates: Marci Moody Blakely, Scott K. Esancy, and John C. Fenner There are two AVS School Board seats open and two candidates: Elizabeth Grierson, Stephen Wadsworth There is one seat on the Five Town CSD ...

Select Board considers 28-space parking lot in downtown Rockport Louis Bettcher Tue, 04/13/2021 - 8:15am Members of the Rockport Select Board view a design for a proposed parking lot in downtown Rockport on April 12. Source: Livestream On April 12 the Rockport Select Board heard a presentation by Bill Lane of Gartley & Dorsky Engineers of a proposed 28-space parking lot that would be built above Rockport Harbor, near the Goose River Bridge and the meeting point of Main and Central str...

  Fast forward a dozen years, and I’m all grown up, living on my own, a thousand miles from my Illinois childhood. March came. Ice and snow. April came. Wind, cold, some snow, weak sun. May, even June, more of the same, mostly minus the snow. (Although, surely we remember having snow in May, right?) Even June can be stingy with the nice weather. Of course, the bulbs come up, the trees leaf out, the lilacs bloom (though three weeks later than the ones in my Illinois yard) and eventually, spri...

Baseball Boys, Varsity Ben Rollins 54 0% $4,205.52 Baseball Boys, JV Ryan Pierce 38 0% $2,959.44 Lacrosse, Boys JV Jet Magri 35 0% $2,725.80 Sailing Deb Schreiber 24 10% $2,056.03 Tennis, Girls Varsity Lana Arau 42 0% $3,270.96 6. Minutes 7. 2021-22 Start Time Proposal 8. Outdoor Learning Updates 10. Approval of the 2021-22 Five Town CSD Adult Education Budget 11. Vote to call a district budget referendum, Call a public hearing, Approve the referendum warrants, and Approve the Notice of Public ...

Photo courtesy of Caspian Oyster Depot Photo courtesy of Caspian Oyster Depot JUSTIN AND SOPHIE Wright are the duo behind Caspian Oyster Depot, a pop-up fresh fish and local provision market in Bristol. Photo courtesy of Justin and Sophie Wright Hopefully you’ve had the pleasure of ordering and enjoying the fresh fish that’s being delivered to Bristol’s Main Street every week. Wait, what? Fresh fish in our beloved, alas land-locked, Vermont? Yes. But there’s a catch. Justin and Sophi...

Mon, 03/08/2021 - 7:30am ROCKPORT — Town Manager William Post has included the following report to the Select Board in advance of its March 8 evening Zoom meeting, which will be streamed live at https://livestream.com/Rockportmaine. The agenda includes discussion of a letter composition inviting proposals for the redevelopment of RES, as well as discussions about putting a short term rental ordinance referendum on the June town meeting ballot, and guiding principles for a newly for...

Brie Pio, MBA, CFP®, will be teaching Retirement Planning 101 via the Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education program . The class will be held virtually for three sessions starting Thursday, March 11th at 6:30pm. Brie will discuss preparing...

Tue, 02/16/2021 - 4:45pm Five Town CSD Adult Ed kicks off its latest spring-summer semester on March 1 with new remote classes for both yoga and Pilates. “This is the first time we have been able to offer these and add to our many ongoing classes to help you stay fit, healthy and engaged even while staying at home,” said Five Towns, in a news release. Gentle Pilates begins on March 2, noon to 1 p.m., and goes for 10 weeks over Zoom. Mindful Yoga has three different options for ses...