It’s been a hard year for everyone. This summer, how about we let the kids pretend like everything is OK in the world? These getaway spots offer perks for the grownups, like mountain bike trails, surf breaks, and rooftop bars, as well as the drive-in movie theaters, hot-springs-fed pools, and skate parks that will keep the kids happy.
Escalante, Utah
Photo: Courtesy Aleks Butman)
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument is paradise for young explorers. They can wander among slot canyons, gape at sandstone arches and natural bridges, and dig for dinosaur fossils. If your kids can handle a six-mile round-trip hike, it’s worth the trek to Lower Calf Creek Falls, which drops 130 feet into a pool below. Take a drive on Hole in the Rock Road to explore hoodoos in Devils Garden or hike the family-friendly Peek-a-Boo and Spooky Gulch slot canyons. The reward: burgers and shakes at Nemo’s in the town of Escalante afterward. Yonder Escalante (RV sites from $69; cabins f
ALFRED, Maine Jeffrey Buchannan had been scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning for a status conference in his prosecution for the alleged murder of Rhonda Pattelena, but the hearing was postponed.
Buchannan s defense attorney, Jon C. Gale, asked the judge for a delay of at least 30 days because state authorities have not yet completed their examination of the defendant and issued their report, according to court documents.
During an initial court appearance March 30, York County Superior Court Judge Wayne R. Douglas had ordered that Buchannan undergo a mental health evaluation and be held without bail. Douglas said he expects the matter will proceed to a grand jury.
YORK, Maine Jeff Jellison, a York native with more than 20 years of experience in real estate, said he hasn t seen anything quite like today s local housing market.
Demand has been exceptionally high in recent months, and the inventory in York is at an unprecedented low, spurring rapid-fire deal-making in an environment that clearly favors sellers, he said. Any time a nice house comes on the market, there s a mad dash for it, said Jellison, a broker and residential real estate developer with Century 21 Atlantic Realty. That demand is just going to continue .
it can t level out until the inventory starts to rise, he said.
May 4, 2021
On Sunday, May 2, 2021, Gay Lefebvre, 82, loving wife and mother passed away in Southport, NC. She was born November 15, 1938, in Middletown, CT to Ruth and Carl Byloff. Gay graduated from East Hampton High School, East Hampton CT, where she met her beloved husband of 60 years, Richard H. Lefebvre and they raised two daughters in Johnstown, NY.
Gay was a gifted artist and teacher. With two young children at home, she returned to school and graduated with high honors from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY in 1976. With over 30 years as an educator, Gay spent most of her career as a secondary level art teacher and chair of the art department for the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District. She loved teaching and impacting the lives of young people. She was known for her listening ear, her fiery spirit and her straight talk with her students. She was a tenacious champion for those who needed her most. After retirement, Gay continued her career as a professional wild