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Melrose man charged with   domestic assaults on multiple days   MELROSE — A Melrose man has been charged with two felonies and four misdemeanors for alleged domestic assault …

A 10th grade health class lesson on sexual orientation and gender identity led to Holdingford School Board members and administrators addressing how the controversial subject matter is presented to …

Dairy night fish fry

The Melrose School Board approved the creation of a developmental cognitive disability area at the elementary school March 26 during a regular meeting at Melrose Area Public Schools in Melrose. …

Albany Red Out raises $750

The city of Freeport will be doing an inventory of city and private service lines to locate any lead lines, at no cost to property owners.   “It’s an EPA (U.S. Environmental …

Treasuring life — and her mind

A quilt Olivia Burg handstitched when she was 16 covers her bed at Mother of Mercy Senior Living in Albany.   That was almost 88 years ago. She figured it was high time to take it out …

Stations of the Cross reflection

Living with rare blood disorder 

Growing up in Spring Hill and Melrose, Jill Welle tried playing with other children, but she was usually the weakest in the group due to a lack of energy.  It was not until age 10, …

Albany city leaders have approved a second phase of improvements scheduled for North Park. Councilors approved a list of new amenities and facility upgrades, during a March 20 meeting at Albany …

ARC action

The dance floor was full from the minute JD Pete Nelson started playing music until he ended March 17 at the Melrose American Legion in Melrose. Many of the dancers — and other participants …

Handling the rush

A yellow sheet of paper hung on a north wall in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church basement in Freeport March 10. On it, Freeport Lion Ronnie Bertram recorded the times he placed roasters filled with …

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