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As season turns stormy, central Maine officials consider public shelter options

Local emergency managers are making plans to provide shelter for residents this winter if needed as COVID-19 continues to sicken people across the state.

Local & State

Maine looks ahead to 12,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine within weeks

As the state reports 249 new cases and three more deaths, Maine's CDC director says the initial shipment would be used to inoculate health care workers who face risk of infection.
Schools and Education 7:34 PM

Messalonskee High School dismisses students due to case of COVID-19

Students at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Waterville Alternative School, Bingham-based Upper Kennebec Valley Jr./Sr. High School and Skowhegan- and Newport-based schools shift learning methods as COVID-19 infections worsen.

Coronavirus continues surge

Local & State

Courts in Augusta to remain closed due to lack of staff after worker tested positive for COVID-19
- Courts in Augusta to remain closed due to lack of staff after worker tested positive for COVID-19
- Pandemic, shortage of judges, and social distancing slow wheels of justice

Business

Tourism, hospitality businesses in line for $40 million in state relief

Local & State

School outing clubs face obstacles during COVID-19 pandemic
- ‘Steep learning curve’: Educators are finding rewards amid the challenges of pandemic teaching
- ‘It’s like doing two jobs’: Somerset County teachers struggle to meet demands of hybrid learning

Dresden town administrator moving back out West as town searches for replacement

Politics

Maine Legislature prepares for historic pandemic session

Local & State

COVID-19 cases mount at Bath Iron Works

Business

Judge denies motion by CMP/Avangrid to dismiss customer bill case

Politics Posted: 8:25 PM

Political fight brewing over Biden’s budget chief nominee
Schools and Education Posted: 7:12 PM

Winslow School Board unanimously approves winter sports season
Business Posted: 6:46 PM

Tourism, hospitality businesses in line for $40 million in state relief
Varsity Maine Posted: 6:37 PM

Symposium for high school athletes to focus on leadership roles
Schools and Education Posted: 6:06 PM

Messalonskee High School dismisses students due to case of COVID-19
Maine Crime Posted: 5:29 PM

Standoff in Dresden ends without arrest of man sought by police
Local & State Posted: 5:05 PM

Courts in Augusta to remain closed due to lack of staff after worker tested positive for COVID-19
Politics Posted: 4:59 PM

Maine Legislature prepares for historic pandemic session
Election 2020 Posted: 4:50 PM

Wisconsin certifies Biden as winner following recount
Local & State Posted: 4:47 PM

Skowhegan man arrested after shots fired on Main Street
Local & State Posted: 4:45 PM

Dresden town administrator moving back out West as town searches for replacement
Maine Crime Posted: 4:30 PM

Central Maine Nov. 30 police log

Maine Crime

Standoff in Dresden ends without arrest of man sought by police
News

Winthrop man pleads guilty to charges in connection to fatal overdose in Farmington
Local & State

Skowhegan man arrested after shots fired on Main Street
Schools and Education

Winslow School Board unanimously approves winter sports season
Local & State

Waterville council to eye downtown TIF, $9 million BUILD grant contract
Local & State

Friends and family raise nearly $100,000 for fishermen lost at sea

today's letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

We’re more alike than we are different
Letters to the Editor

Lives lost to virus take immeasurable toll
Letters to the Editor

Trump leading a new Lost Cause

Local & State news

Politics

Maine Legislature prepares for historic pandemic session
Local & State

Dresden town administrator moving back out West as town searches for replacement
Maine Crime

Central Maine Nov. 30 police log
Business

Western Maine tourism, recreation get a funding boost
Business

Judge denies motion by CMP/Avangrid to dismiss customer bill case
Business

Maine fishermen tops in payouts from trade relief program

Sports roundup

Varsity Maine

Symposium for high school athletes to focus on leadership roles

Sports

Maine high schools embrace video games as competitive sports

Boston Red Sox

Soon they could be headed to Hadlock Field – or Fenway Park

Oakland area school district reports 2 COVID-19 cases, exposures over Thanksgiving break

A person associated with Williams Elementary School in Oakland and another person connected with the district tested positive over the weekend, Regional School Unit 18 Superintendent Carl Gartley wrote.

Richmond fair one of few this year for crafters, customers

Several craft shows, popular with holiday shoppers looking for unique items, have been canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wiscasset police seek suspect in armed robbery

The suspect is described as a 6-foot-5-inch Hispanic or light-toned black male with a thin build who appeared to be about 35 years old, according to police.

Today’s editorial cartoon

On the Edge: A bubble for two

This Thanksgiving, J.P. Devine and She have canceled cooking, which means no dirty dishes, greasy pans and broken glasses — just a dinner catered by Hannaford Market chefs with some wine.