Maine Department of Health and Human Services officials are urging the public to take precautions against browntail moth caterpillars, which are covered in toxic hairs that release into the air and can cause a skin reaction like poison ivy and trouble breathing if inhaled.
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Brews News: Topsham business seeks $500K grant to expand coffee, tea operations
Funding is contingent upon Wicked Joe Coffee Roasting Co. creating 17 new jobs, nine of them for low- and moderate-income people.
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Topsham Fair canceled due to pandemic
The fair’s board of directors announced there won’t be a fair in August due to concerns about the coronavirus.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Midcoast Meetings: May 8-15
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Posted inTimes Record
Topsham-based schools will pay spring coaches
Maine School Administrative District 75 School Board members voted last week to pay spring sports coaches their full stipends, despite the spring sports season being canceled due to the pandemic.
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Are hair salons low-risk? Maine says yes; other states disagree
Unlike dozens of other states, Maine’s four-stage plan to restart sectors of the state economy puts some businesses that have close contact with their customers at the top of the list.
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Impacts of isolation: Pandemic takes a toll on solo seniors
Loneliness, fear and depression can set in, but older adults have learned to be resilient to get through tough times, an expert says.
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‘We’re in it together’: Southern Midcoast students, teachers cope with remote learning amid pandemic
Academia from afar presents an array of challenges and concerns about the long-term effects caused by so much time away from the classroom.
Posted inCoastal Journal
Maine Bicentennial: Topsham
Two workers pose at the Pejepscot Paper Company mill on the Androscoggin River in Topsham in a photograph taken about 1900. This is the debarking room. Pulp sticks were tumbled in the background until the bark was scraped off and the cleaned wood was sent to the pulp room, where it was ground up and […]
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Surprise turns Topsham couple’s missed wedding date into memorable one
Chris Dube and Laurie Servidio were supposed to be in the Dominican Republic on Monday.