Smiles and laughter were plentiful Saturday at the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum as a large group turned out for the inaugural Littleton Field Days celebration.
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Hopes are high that healing has begun after an ongoing squabble caused a member of the selectboard, who also serves as the town clerk, to resign both positions abruptly via email last week. The resignation of Gail Garrett has thrown the Mount Washington town government into a state of confusion. Garrett was both a selectboard and town clerk candidate in the May 11 elections, but withdrew after a tumultuous selectboard meeting earlier this month..
KITCHENER Some nurses at Guelph General Hospital are speaking out against plans to merge its pediatric unit with the special care nursery. The special care nursery deals with ill infants and the pediatric unit cares for sick children. Training started for two of about 30 nurses in January. “It consists of courses and in-class time and it’s a minimum of six to eight weeks,” said Melissa Skinner, chief nursing executive at Guelph General Hospital. Hospital staff said they plan to take their time. Training the rest of the nurses could take two to three years. “We will work with each and every nurse and make sure that he or she is very comfortable,” Skinner said.