Karl-Heinz Spittler writes of the challenges that the COVID pandemic brought to his community in Maine, but also of the hope that vaccinations and unity can bring: “We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we have not emerged from the dark just yet. Only you can help us get there.”

Natalie Koons, a student in the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, has received an honorable mention for the 2021 Student Researcher of the Year award from the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents.