The chances for a winter sports season go down every day the number of cases of Covid-19 in the state rises, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
October 2020
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
BIW shifts workforce to make space for new employees
Providing parking for its 6,800 employees has been a longstanding issue at the shipyard because it sits between the Kennebec River and a residential neighborhood and abuts downtown Bath.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Employee tests positive for COVID-19 in Skowhegan-area school district
Superintendent Jon Moody sent a notice out on Wednesday saying that a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the individual has been home and had no contact with students this week.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Senators give social media CEOs an earful – and warn of new limits
The chief executives of Twitter, Facebook and Google promise to take needed measures as Republicans accuse them of anti-conservative bias and Democrats criticize hate speech and misinformation.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Man with weapons arrested at pro-Trump rally in Bangor
There were no injuries in the incident, which happened at a campaign event in Bangor featuring Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Patriots’ offensive coaches believe Cam Newton can be fixed
Cam Newton’s issues have multiplied in recent weeks, and New England coaches are on the fast track ‘to get better fast. … That’s the plan. That’s the goal.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Gang member who says he beat up R. Kelly gets life for murders
Jeremiah Farmer, a Latin Kings street gang member, was convicted last year on conspiracy to commit racketeering activity in a drug-related case that involved the killings of Marion Lowry, 74, and Harvey Siegers, 67.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World
Man arrested at Trump rally in Maine featuring South Dakota’s governor
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s security detail engaged a man who had 2 weapons, but a spokesperson said the Republican governor ‘was not in harm’s way’ at any point.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Oakland church goes virtual, saying student who attended in-person tests positive for COVID-19
Jamie Dickson, senior pastor of Kingdom Life Church in Oakland, announced via Facebook video church services will go virtual because a college student who had attended in-person services tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inSports
Sports Digest: Hendrick hires banished Kyle Larson to drive flagship No. 5
Kyle Larson ends his seven-month banishment from NASCAR for using a racial slur while playing an online racing game last spring by signing with Hendrick Motorsports.