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Local & State

New Maine COVID-19 cases leap to 103, as surge accelerates

Forty-four of the new cases are in Cumberland County, but there were no additional deaths.

Schools and Education 12:24 PM

Three Maine counties now designated ‘yellow’ in school reopening system

Somerset, Waldo and Washington counties are now designated as "yellow" in the state's school re-opening advisory system.
Local & State

Travis Roy, whose hockey injury spurred him to inspire others, dies at 45

The Maine native became an inspiration to millions after he was paralyzed just 11 seconds into the first shift of his college hockey career at Boston University.
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2020 Election

Election 2020

Hit-and-run of Trump sign was ‘premeditated,’ Bowdoin homeowner says
- Police probe possible political arson after donkey sculpture set ablaze in Bowdoinham

Politics

See what Mainers are donating to the presidential candidates
- See who's contributing to Collins, Gideon in Maine's Senate race

Election 2020

Bangor business pulls out of hosting Trump campaign event after state issues warning

Election 2020

Counting your vote: Will I be safe from the virus at the polls on Election Day?
- You asked how it all works, we answer: All your questions about voting

Election 2020

Casting ballots: Where to vote in central Maine
- Guns, signs and political attire: What’s allowed and what’s not when voting in Maine?

Election 2020

Meet the candidates: 2020 Legislative profiles, Q&As

Waterville officials, business owner seek solutions to Silver Street problems

Schools and Education

Two more COVID-19 cases at Gardiner Area High School, 1 reported at Dresden Elementary School

Local & State

More than 2,000 turn out for Augusta food distribution

Business

Maine company that took orders for pandemic supplies faces federal lawsuit

A medical supply company started by a Portland man is being sued in federal court over claims it failed to deliver a million antiseptic wipes and didn’t return a $108,000 deposit.

Local & State

Investigators: COVID-19 cleaning product made some employees ill at New Balance factory in Skowhegan

Editorials

Our View: There is never a good time to ignore domestic abuse

Arts & Entertainment Posted: 12:41 PM

Colby College Museum of Art acquires Jacob Lawrence prints
Local & State Posted: 12:30 PM

Lost bird hunter rescued after spending night in the Piscataquis County woods
Nation & World Posted: 12:29 PM

Timeline of case against Michael Skakel in 1975 killing
Business Posted: 12:22 PM

Flood’s restaurant, already closed, has cleared out of its building
Schools and Education Posted: 12:01 PM

Three Maine counties now designated ‘yellow’ in school reopening system
Nation & World Posted: 11:58 AM

Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America
Election 2020 Posted: 11:08 AM

Texas early voting exceeds total of all 2016 ballots
Local & State Posted: 11:00 AM

Week In Photos Oct. 24-30, 2020
Local & State Posted: 10:37 AM

New Maine COVID-19 cases leap to 103, as surge accelerates
Schools and Education Posted: 10:15 AM

Three Bates College students test positive for COVID-19
Nation & World Posted: 9:59 AM

Kennedy cousin Skakel won’t be retried in 1975 killing
Nation & World Posted: 7:58 AM

The Latest: Remote Alaska sees rise in virus cases

Local & State

News Center Maine’s Lee Nelson will anchor his last broadcast Friday
Local & State

Lost bird hunter rescued after spending night in the Piscataquis County woods
Arts & Entertainment

Colby College Museum of Art acquires Jacob Lawrence prints
Maine Crime

State prisons block transfer from jails of sentenced inmates, again

Maine Crime

Police: Fairfield man charged after crashing into pole, fleeing
Local & State

Gardiner officials seek funding for Cobbossee Trail
Schools and Education

Federal court upholds Maine law barring public funding for religious high schools
Schools and Education

UMaine System retirees picket, plan legal action over benefits change
Bicentennial

On this date in Maine history: Oct. 30

today's letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Trump nothing short of undefendable
Letters to the Editor

Lapointe will hit the ground running
Letters to the Editor

Lapointe has all the right qualifications

Local & State news

Local & State

Teens who ran away from Westbrook facility found safe
Business

Flood’s restaurant, already closed, has cleared out of its building
Schools and Education

Three Bates College students test positive for COVID-19
Business

Maine company that took orders for pandemic supplies faces federal lawsuit
Local & State

Virus outbreak prompts Pat’s Pizza in Portland to curtail service
Maine Crime

New York man sentenced on drug, gun charges in central Maine

Sports roundup

Times Record Sports

Girls soccer: Oak Hill, Richmond withstand tough conditions in draw

Girls' Soccer

Remember When: Richmond girls soccer dominated landscape from 2010-2012

Cross Country

Mt. Blue to participate in cross country postseason meets

Waterville officials, business owner seek solutions to Silver Street problems

Business owner John Fortier is asking Waterville officials to find alternatives to closing part of Silver Street downtown from April 1 to Nov. 1, 2021, to allow for outdoor dining and to solve problems with unsavory activities occurring in an alleyway next to his business.

More than 2,000 turn out for Augusta food distribution

Volunteers handed out boxes containing meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables and gallons of milk and frozen turkeys.

Woman sentenced to 30 months for mailing anthrax threat to Sen. Collins

A federal jury found Suzanne Muscara of Burlington guilty last year of sending white powder in a threatening communication to the senator's Bangor address in 2018.