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As spring s rains and warmer temperatures bring forth a new growth of grass to the Rocky Mountain Front, a more insidious plant is attempting to take over the landscape and push out the nutritious forbs and grasses that so much wildlife depends on.
Spotted knapweed has invaded large swaths of Montana s pastureland, open space and natural landscapes making them unsuitable for livestock and wildlife alike. Central Montana s high school students will soon be doing their part to fend off this noxious invader.
Near the end of May upward of 240 high school students from Great Falls and Simms will spend one of their final school days before the summer break pulling knapweed from trails and meadows west of Augusta and around Giant Springs State Park in Great Falls. The effort has been organized by Dan Wilkins, a retired high school teacher who spent 29 years teaching applied physics to students in the Great Falls School District.
Statistics from the Maine Center for Disease Control on Monday showed Androscoggin County had a rate of 645 cases per 10,000 residents. Oxford’s rate is third among the counties with 547 cases per 10,000. Franklin County’s rate is 400 cases per 10,000.
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The state average is 448.3 cases per 10,000.
In Oxford County, Maine CDC outbreak investigations are ongoing at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School, N.D. Paper mill in Rumford, Guy Rowe School in Norway, Rumford Elementary School, Sacopee Valley Elementary School and Sacopee Valley Middle School, both in Hiram, Norway Health and Rehabilitation Center and Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris.
In Androscoggin County, outbreak investigations are ongoing at many schools, three nursing homes, a business and a church. The list includes Auburn Middle School, Bruce Whittier Middle School in Poland, Clover Health Care in Auburn, D’Youville Pavillion in Lewiston, Durham Community School, Edward Little High School an
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State investigates rising COVID-19 outbreaks in Oxford County schools, businesses
The rate of cases is rising in Oxford and Androscoggin counties at schools, workplaces and gathering spots.
By Bonnie WashukSpecial to the Sun Journal
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Patrick Boland of FEMA holds open the tent flap to the mobile vaccination unit at Oxford Casino where Cynthia Venoit set up to five shots April 12.
Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Statistics from the Maine Center for Disease Control on Monday showed Androscoggin County had a rate of 645 cases per 10,000 residents. Oxford’s rate is third among the counties with 547 cases per 10,000. Franklin County’s rate is 400 cases per 10,000.
GFPS trustees approve revisions to three policies
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GREAT FALLS â At a Board Meeting on Monday night, the Great Falls Public Schools Board of Trustees approved revisions to three Board Policies. One involves the districtâs hiring process; the second involves the prohibition of marijuana on district property; and the third provides a more comprehensive definition of bullying and changes the language that explains how cases of harassment and bullying are handled.
GFPS trustees approve several revisions to policies
Letâs break down the changes and additions to the text of each policy.
The first policy, 5120, only underwent minor changes. That policy involves the hiring of personnel for the Great Falls School District. None of the current text of the policy was removed, but the following paragraph was added: