Middle, high schools close, emergency juvenile curfew eyed in Norway after assaults/Teens run rampant, terrorizing town

OXFORD HILLS — The Oxford Hills middle and high schools shut down for two days switching to remote learning and a temporary emergency curfew is being discussed for Norway because of ongoing juvenile assaults on other juveniles, according to officials. And law enforcement agencies are frustrated with what they say has been an ongoing series […]

Care homes need rapid tests

To the Editor: Abbott Laboratories developed a rapid test for COVID-19 that can provide results in 15 minutes. United Airlines just announced they will start to offer the test to travelers at the airport. Why can’t people take this COVID-19 test outside at a nursing home? If the test is negative then you can visit […]

Energy Matters: Energy and slavery

The relationship of modern humans to their energy needs can be fairly well described in terms of slavery, as appalling as that may sound; and just as human slavery has been abandoned as unacceptable in a sane society, so might we consider re-drafting the slave-master energy relationship in which we are so mired. Energy is […]

Education: Checking on what we do

I recently wrote about statistics. They’re an important part of the educational picture. But not all of it. Teachers, administrators, school boards, the public also need to know what people think. For example, what do students who’ve been out a few years think about their past schooling? How well, or ill, did it prepare them […]

Indoor sale coming Sept. 19

NORWAY — Second Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 205 Main Street, Norway is excited to announce it’s fourth  indoor yard sale on Saturday, September 19, 2020.  Well known for its giant annual outdoor August Yard Sale, this year has presented a unique challenge.  The community has been generous with it’s donations and the church has […]

Backyard Reflections: Going bats

Two nights ago I went down to the newly cut field, the one I call “Field of Dreams” because it opens to the Northeastern sky allowing me to view the Great Bear, Cassiopeia and other constellations, meteor showers, as well as rising winter moons (my favorite). I sat down in the stillness listening to the […]

Wandering: Resurfaced

  Summer has been unusually absent of outdoor adventure so when a friend invited me to float the Kennebec River in West Forks on a weekday afternoon, I excitedly confirmed. I’ve whitewater rafted the upper Kennebec and have tubed a popular stretch further downriver but I had never played on the stretch in between. I […]

Beware

North Livermore Baptist Church

August 30, 2020 The service began with a memorial for Fran Berry. Hymns today were: “Wonderful Words of Life;” and “There is Power in the Blood.” Scripture, Revelation 22:12-13, with Pastor Bonnie’s message titled “Are You Prepared.” We all make plans—vacations, retirement, tomorrow; we prepare for everything here but forget to prepare for eternity. Fran […]

Claire’s California Kitchen

What would we do without our small kitchen appliances? How often do we take for granted that the toaster keeps popping and the blender continues to spin, our lives are made so much easier because of these mini wonders! It has been very hot where I live in Northern California. Turning on the oven is […]