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Read Article   OXFORD — Every year The Progress Center (TPC) is proud to celebrate each employee’s anniversary! However, this year marks a special anniversary for TPC’s longest consecutive employee. May 11 marked the 22nd anniversary here at TPC for Liz Blaquiere, the Kitchen Program Manager. Since starting with TPC in 1999, Liz has created a long list of accomplishments and helped grow the TPC Community Kitchen to what it is today. From the beginning Liz has held a continued spirit of determination and compassion for the work she has done and continues to do at TPC, especially when i...

Briefs Chamber of Commerce awarded funds to support tourism Kennebec Valley Tourism Council (KVTC) has awarded sponsorship support funds in the amount of $1,662.50 to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for the Taste of Waterville to assist in the growth of tourism in Maine’s Kennebec Valley and produce a positive economic impact on the region. Mid-Maine Chamber was one of 12 sponsorship recipients awarded as part of the 2021 KVTC marketing partnership program. In total, the 2021 KVTC sponsorship support application requests reached nearly $29,100. The organization was unable to fully fund all re...

Read Article The Alan Day Community Garden will launch the 2021 growing season on Earth Day with a garden blessing and work party on April 24. Emily Delamater NORWAY — Now that the snow has melted and the ice is out Lake Pennessewassee, the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy, the Alan Day Community Garden, and Spoke Folks are ready to greet spring, along with other community partners. CEBE and The Gem Movie Theater in Bethel have partnered to present Emmy-winning producer, Joe Gantz’s film, “The Race to Save the World”, on Earth Day at 7:30 p.m. The Race to Save the World is a fea...

The disability suit alleges that the lack of APSs at more than 99% of Chicago’s signalized intersections subjects people who are blind, have low vision or are deaf-blind to added risks and burdens not faced by sighted pedestrians, including fear of injury or death. Kim Liddell, who is visually impaired and has a seeing-eye dog, said she's always cautious and careful when crossing intersections, especially in the city. "Sometimes I let the signal, the light change two to three times, just to be sure," she said. Liddell said she and her seeing-eye dog, "Vicar," have been bumped by three di...

Downtown Poughkeepsie New York Times columnist Ezra Klein recently wrote in a February 11 article: “In much of San Francisco, you can’t walk 20 feet without seeing a multicolored sign declaring that Black lives matter, kindness is everything and no human being is illegal. Those signs sit in yards zoned for single families, in communities that organize against efforts to add the new homes that would bring those values closer to reality.” “That quote, unfortunately, can be accurately attributed to too many Hudson Valley commu...