New Hampshire police arrest a suspect, who will be extradited to Maine to face charges.
2020
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
New jobless claims in Maine fall again, but tens of thousands still rely on aid
More than 87,000 continuing claims for assistance were filed last week, as supplemental benefits to support the economy and keep people out of poverty lapse.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
More than 1.4 million seek jobless aid as virus surges in South, West
A continuing wave of job cuts is occurring against the backdrop of a spike in coronavirus cases that has led many states to halt plans to reopen businesses.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston man charged with murder after fight in Auburn restaurant lot
Trai M. Larue of Lewiston is jailed after the death of Roger I. Cornell of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Posted inMaine
Farmington Fair cancellation means lost income, missed opportunities
For many in the community, the cancellation of the Farmington Fair is having a huge impact.
Posted inNation & World
The Latest: U.K. scientists to immunize hundreds with experimental coronavirus vaccine
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. LONDON — Scientists at Imperial College London say they are immunizing hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an early trial after seeing no worrying safety problems in a small number vaccinated so far. Dr. Robin Shattock, a professor at […]
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Watch: John Lewis mourned as ‘founding father’ of a better America
The late civil rights icon is eulogized by three former presidents and others at his funeral in Atlanta.
Posted inNation & World
Pilgrims pray on peak day of hajj in shadow of coronavirus
Masked pilgrims have arrived at Mount Arafat to pray and repent on the most important day of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
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Virtual chat with Lily King, author of “Writers & Lovers,” set for Aug. 4 through Skidompha Library
Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions program will host its first virtual chat at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, with Lily King. King is the award-winning author of the novels “The Pleasing Hour,” “The English Teacher,” “Father of the Rain,” and “Euphoria,” one of the New York Times Book Review’s “10 Best Books of 2014,” and […]
