Students at L’Ecole Francaise du Maine wear masks, eat lunch outside and stick to small groups throughout the day. About half chose to come back in person when the school reopened May 20.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How an enslaved woman became a free Maine resident
Brought to Bath by her owners on a trip up North, Clara Battease escaped with the help of the local free black community.
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Posted inMaine
Stories of some of the Mainers whose lives we lost to coronavirus
Maine marked a somber milestone this past week when the state’s COVID-19 death toll reached 100. They were mothers, fathers and grandparents – each loved and mourned. They were farmers, artists, retired teachers, nurses and public servants. Many were military veterans. They hunted, gardened, baked, laughed. Forty-eight were men and 52 were women. More than […]
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Got blood? In Maine and beyond, it’s needed more than ever
Battered by a pandemic that shut down drives and scared away donors, health officials warn that the blood supply is running dangerously low.
Posted inMaine
Quadrupling of state lab’s COVID-19 testing capacity puts Maine in good position, public health experts say
Beefing up contact tracing and disclosing data about it is the new challenge as the state continues its phased reopening plan.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
Will changes in the food industry produced by the pandemic stay or go?
Proprietors and customers weigh in on cocktails-to-go, ubiquitous takeout, restaurants as grocers…and lots more.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
J.P. Devine: He’s in the streets
The faithful don’t need to “pack the pews” right now, but rather minister to the people in need out in the world, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine
Radical changes floated as way to facilitate fall sports
Moving baseball and softball from spring to fall, and football and soccer from fall to spring, has been suggested as an idea to help Maine schools adhere to coronavirus safety guidelines.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News, Uncategorized
On this date in Maine history: June 14
June 14, 1834: Leonard Norcross of Dixfield patents a diving suit made of rubber with a metal helmet attached to it with a watertight seal. Norcross (1798-1865) experimented with the suit in the Webb River in Oxford County. A set of bellows provided an air supply to the helmet through a hose. The test diver’s […]