Little Rivers Health Care launches capital campaign
WELLS RIVER—Little Rivers Health Care has launched a capital campaign to expand services in the region. The campaign, People You Know, The Care You Trust, will leverage both public and philanthropic contributions to invest in its facilities, some of which date to as early as 1765. LRHC has received a gift of $100,000 from the […]
Bradford Energy Committee hosted community build
BRADFORD—Bradford Energy Committee recently partnered with Maine-based WindowDressers to host a community build, led by BEC members Susanna Lewis and Stu Ross. Window inserts were made for 24 local households and one River Bend Career & Tech Center classroom.
Seniors slow to return to meal sites
BRADFORD—Like many businesses, local senior centers are wrestling with how to adapt to the new normal. Even as programming returns to similar levels as before the pandemic, one core activity—congregate meals—has struggled to attract the same level of participation.
Orange County Sheriff facing admin charges
CHELSEA—Veteran Orange County Sheriff Bill Bohnyak, who apparently lost his bid for re-election earlier this month, is now facing state administrative charges that he allowed one of his deputies to handle cases, including sensitive sex crimes, when the officer was not certified to investigate them.
Photo of the Week
A male red-winged blackbird rests on a branch in Ryegate recently. On this week’s front page, we feature a femal red-winged blackbird taking flight. “The males have been back in town for at least three weeks. They typically return well before the females to stake out a territory. This is the first female I’ve seen this year,” wrote the photographer.
