BILL PEARSON Tue, 12/29/2020 - 12:00pm
Edgecomb Fire Department is seeking buyers for two older engines needing repairs. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register
For the second year in a row, Edgecomb will hold a referendum-style town meeting vote instead of a traditional in-person setting. In 2020, selectmen first delayed their annual May town meeting, and eventually held a referendum vote in August due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Dec. 28, selectmen voted 2-1 to hold a referendum town meeting on May 22 due to rising coronavirus cases in Maine and nationwide. Selectmen Mike Smith and Ted Hugger supported the change. New board member Dawn Murray opposed the decision believing a sensible solution to an open town meeting format could be found. She proposed either a Zoom conference or holding an outside meeting.
The program is designed to prepare the next generation of environmental professionals while building environmental leadership in historically marginalized communities.
Yellow Springs, OH (PRUnderground) December 23rd, 2020
Antioch University is set to launch a Bachelor of Science Degree Completion Program in Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Sciences to be offered in a 100% online format. The program was established to offer an accessible, affordable, academically rigorous bachelor of science completion degree that educates students to deal with the impacts of a changing climate. The course work pays special attention to issues of equity and justice, particularly as environmental hazards and climate change disproportionately impact low income, Black, Indigenous, communities of color, and other historically marginalized groups throughout the United States and in other countries.