Yes, we agree, carefully. But wait, there s more.
Shortly, turtles here in Maine will be on the move. They don t move very fast, so they may need a little help every now and then to get out of harms way, especially with cars zooming by in both directions.
While you may see folks on Facebook talking about turtles in the road periodically right now, it s really in about a month or so that they slide their traveling shoes on, if turtles did indeed have shoes.
Beginning in June, turtles will start to nest , and we ll all see the familiar site of turtles burying their bottoms in the loose sand on the side of our roads. Every now and then Mother Turtle will get hungry herself and decide to cross the road, because we all know that s where the food is, on the other side.
Oneida County saw 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday for the first time since February 27th. New COVID cases have been below 50 new cases per day for well over a month, and new cases this past weekend totaled 77, with 22 new cases on Sunday.
Make Your Bathroom Safer
It’s probably no surprise that the bathroom in your home can be a dangerous place. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that nearly a quarter of a million people are injured in the bathroom each year, and as we get older, those injuries become more and more serious. Add memory and dementia issues to that, and it could be deadly.
Helen Guzzo, ma Manager, Calhoun County Senior Services, was a guest on the Miles for Memories segment on the 95.3 WBCK Morning Show with Tim Collins.
Guzzo said there are some things that anybody should consider doing to make their bathroom a safer place. The CDC says that nearly 7 out of 10 accidents happen in the tub or shower.
You have three opportunities in the next week to tell the federal government what you think about the plan to build and operate an offshore wind farm 15 miles off the coast of Atlantic City.