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Read Article SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A Topsham woman was injured Wednesday afternoon while descending from Piazza Rock on the Appalachian Trail. Cynthia Ackerman, 53, tripped on a root, injured her ankle and couldn’t walk, Maine Warden Kyle Hladik said Thursday. Hladik, Rangeley Fire Rescue and NorthStar EMS ambulance personnel hiked up the trail to her and carried her in a litter basket about four-tenths of a mile to Beech Hill Road. Ackerman was taken by ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Hladik said. Ackerman and three other hikers had been on a day hike, he said....

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 9:28 am BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week CANTON – Following a split vote and a heated debate, St. Lawrence County legislators voted 8-6 to give control of the county’s Department of Social Services legal team to the county attorney. Those in favor of the transition cited past problems at the department which included a buildup of legal paperwork that county Legislator Joseph Lightfoot said was keeping kids stuck under county care, when they should have been eligible for adoption or foster care. Lightfoot said as many as 350 children wer...

CANTON — Delays in enacting a support contract between the St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services and the county attorney’s office led some legislators to cry foul Monday. In December, the county Board of Legislators allowed the office of County Attorney Stephen D. Button to assist the county Department of Social Services with some of its caseload due to staff shortages. The county Department of Social Services has seen an uptick in the number of support cases, leading the county attorney’s office to render services for the current calendar year, which it has done at...

Saturday, December 12, 2020 - 4:51 pm CANTON — St. Lawrence County legislators approved a deal for the county attorney to handle Department of Social Services support cases in court. The board passed the resolution at their Monday, Dec. 7 full board meeting. At the November Services Committee meeting, DSS Commissioner Cynthia Ackerman said her office handles 2,400 of the cases annually. County Attorney Steve Button at the committee meeting said his office is already handling child support cases from outside the county that are sent to court here, and his office would be...