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FOR YOUR HEALTH: Helping people with hearing loss connect

(NAPSI)—If you or someone you care about is among the 48 million Americans who experience hearing loss, here’s some news for you. Access to communication is especially vital during national emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left many Americans isolated due to physical distancing. Fortunately, services such as Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service […]

OBITUARIES for Thursday, October 1, 2020

DALE CRAWFORD ALBION – Dale Crawford, 63, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Brewer Rehab, following a battle with cancer. Dale is survived by his son, Jeremy Crawford; his grandson, Braden Crawford; and his brothers, Randy, Richard and Scott. Dale was predeceased by his mother, Wilberta Mitchell; his father Kurt Crawford, and his […]

COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: China voters asked to amend transfer station ordinances

by Larry Sikora China Transfer Station Committee The November ballot will have two questions for China voters on amending the ordinances that describe the operation of the China Transfer Station. The changes are mainly in terminology. Earlier this year the Transfer Station switched from stickers on vehicles to identifying China and Palermo residents to an […]

Urgent funding needed to save Nathaniel Hawthorne’s boyhood home

by David Carew The boyhood home of the legendary author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables in Raymond, Maine—known with great affection by locals as “the Hawthorne House” and listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1969—is at risk of serious structural damage if major repairs are not […]