U.S. health officials are planning an extra layer of safety scrutiny for the first people vaccinated when shots become available.
October 2020
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump, Biden to appear at separate town hall events, same time, different networks
Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s event will be televised by ABC, while NBC agrees to hold a Trump event after he submitted to an independent coronavirus test.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Portland man sentenced to 28 years for girlfriend’s murder
Gregory Vance, 62, pleaded guilty to murdering 59-year-old Patricia Grassi last year.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Hannaford blames technology problem for failure to report pizza dough tampering
But the grocery chain did not explain exactly what went wrong in August when it failed to address reports that someone had tampered with dough sold at its Sanford store.
Posted inNation & World
White woman charged in racist NYC run-in made a 2nd 911 call, falsely claiming assault
Amy Cooper, the woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park in May, made a second call in which she falsely claimed the man had tried to assault her.
Posted inNation & World
The Latest: Macron announces curfews as COVID-19 rises in France
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine reports 47 new cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths
Maine has become one of the first states to launch a centralized public database of cases in public and private schools.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Pilot uninjured when landing gear collapses on Waterville airport taxiway
The pilot, carrying UPS packages from Manchester, New Hampshire, had just landed on the runway Wednesday morning and was turning right onto a taxiway when the plane’s right landing gear collapsed.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Supreme Court nominee Barrett keeps Democrats, Trump at bay in Senate hearing
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to Capitol Hill for a 3rd day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Posted inLocal & State, News
Lebanon fire victim identified as local woman
Fire officials say 46-year-old April S. Patch died of smoke inhalation in the house fire on Sunday.