Four schools, in the towns of China and Winslow, were closed and without power as thousands of Central Maine Power customers were still reporting outages.
October 2020
Posted inNation & World
Europe moves to sue Britain over breaching Brexit withdrawal deal
The President of the European Commission said Johnson’s legislation was in ‘full contradiction’ to its previous guarantee to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine reports increase in residents filing new unemployment claims
The number of people filing initial claims for jobless benefits is heading back up after weeks of decline this summer.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Amazon says nearly 20,000 employees have caught COVID-19
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Facebook expands bans on political ads as Election Day nears
Facebook says it is expanding restrictions on political advertising, including new bans on messages claiming widespread voter fraud.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
U.S. jobless claims reach 837,000, layoffs remain high
Thursday’s Labor Department’s report suggests that companies are still cutting a historically high number of jobs.
Posted inBusiness, News
Hawaiian defense contractor with Maine offices charged with bank fraud
Martin Kao, whose company has an $8 million, Defense Department-funded project in Maine, is suspected of falsifying applications to the Paycheck Protection Program.
Posted inSports
Yankees sweep Indians after longest 9-inning game in MLB history
DJ LeMahieu’s tiebreaking single in the ninth inning lifts New York to a wild 10-9 win in a game that started in September and ended in October.
Posted inThings to Do
Owls Head concert to feature GoldenOak
GoldenOak will perform at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, (rain date Sunday) at Owls Head Transportation Center, 117 Museum St. in Owls Head. The Strand Theatre invites you to catch a show from indie-soul-folk act GoldenOak. The show is happening outside, drive-in style, at Owls Head Transportation Center. Led by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall, […]
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
OFF RADAR: ‘Blue Summer’ by Jim Nichols
This is one of the best books I’ve read all summer, but I know that recommending books to people is a fraught activity.