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Giving Voice: Supporting at-risk Maine youth starts at home By Ashlynn AutreyGiving Voice Share COVID-19 infection rates have gone down, a large portion of the population has been vaccinated and many schools are resuming in-person learning this fall. Yay! Students are excited to go back to school, and for most, while they understood the importance of going remote during the pandemic, they did not particularly enjoy online school. Many students fell behind. Now imagine being a homeless youth. You can no longer go to a coffee shop, or hang out at your local library, both places with stable Wi-...

Jouni Tervahonka alkoivat yhdessä miettimään, kuinka monessa Suomen kunnassa he oikein ovat käyneet. – Mietittiin sitten, että olisipa kiva käydä niissä kaikissa. En muista kumpi meistä ehdotti, että no, käydään kaikissa ja käydään ne läpi aakkosjärjestyksessä. Ja siitä idea sitten lähti. Pariskunta aloitti matkansa Akaasta vuonna 2018. Tällä hetkellä kuntia on käyty läpi 46, eli 250 on vielä jäljellä. Loput I-kirjaimella alkavat kunnat pyritään käymään läpi elokuun aikana. Kyseessä ei heidän mukaansa ole nopeuskilpailu, koska silloin vierailuista ei j�...

Community Calendar: May 19-29 Wednesday 5/19 Literary Lunch: Brock Clarke discusses “I, Grape; Or the Case For Fiction” with Sarah Domet, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free, portlandlibrary.com. Wednesday 5/26 Edward Ball will speak about the book “The Life of a Klansman” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, as part of “Begin Again, reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” by Maine Historical Society in Portland. Contributed / Nina Subin “The Life of a Klansman,” Begin Again Series Zoom book talk with Edward Ball, 6 p.m., part of “Begin Again, reckoning with intole...

Brunswick-area hospital celebrates volunteers, recognizes those at vaccine clinic Contributed photo via Mid Coast-Parkview Health During National Volunteer Week, April 18-24, Mid Coast–Parkview Health recognizes more than 500 volunteers who support the healthcare system throughout the year, as well as the additional 1,200 community members who  assist with the operations at Mid Coast Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic this year. While Mid Coast Hospital temporarily paused volunteering opportunities at its facilities when the pandemic started, hospital administrators are working on pl...

Participants at Men’s Coffee Break at People Plus recently enjoyed sunshine and some surprise company at the senior center in Brunswick. From left, Brunswick Police Chief Scott Stewart, Topsham Assistant Town Manager Mark Waltz, Topsham Town Manager Derek Scrapchansky and Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan. Men’s Coffee Break occurs every month, tailgate-style. For more information, visit […]