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Whether it is desperation to play or a contrary commitment to “keep the music playing,” the Harold J. Crosby Community Band in Dexter, Maine made it happen during the summer and fall of 2020.

While the Dexter-based Harold J. Crosby Community Band has enjoyed practicing and performing outdoors this summer, evenings are getting cooler, windier and darker. Not wanting it to be “the day the music died,” to borrow from Don McLean, the band has…

This poem corresponds to a moment where I realized that I was sweating crimson when working and wearing a naturally dyed turmeric shirt. We were a month or so into the pandemic and the metaphors and symbols were too good not to acknowledge. It was…

I wrote this for the Thompson Free Library July 2020 Quarterly Newsletter that my colleague Tom Lyford and I create. TFL's phased reopening began with curbside service.

Letter from the Redeemer Lutheran Church announcing the opportunity to worship outdoors beginning on July 26, 2020. Protocols for in-person services include social distancing, face masks, and no singing.

Letter informing parents and guardians about the extended closure of Foxcroft Academy due to Governor Mills' executive order issued on March 31. Head of School Arnold Shorey writes that the FA community should prepare for online learning to continue…

Email containing a message from Arnold Shorey, Foxcroft Academy Head of School, that discusses safety precautions on school grounds in accordance with Governor Mills' executive order issued March 24, 2020.

Four photos of the Town of Milo's digital signboard displaying messages encouraging community members to stay safe:"Stay the course - Stay cautious""Masks help to protect you.....and others""The Town Office is open. Please maintain social…

The Highlands Classical Chamber Ensemble performed a socially-distanced "Concert of Summer Celebration" outdoors at the Thompson Free Library on July 16. The program included ragtime, tangos, Debussy, Mozart, and more.

Audience members were asked…

Flyer advertising a pie and bean fundraiser for the Brownville Community Church (seen in the Milo TradeWinds Marketplace).