Cross-conference games and travel plans highlight focus of meeting.
2020
Mt. Abram’s Evan Allen earns national recognition for his grades, athleticism
The Mt. Abram valedictorian and boys soccer standout was recently named U.S. Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America.
Legislation to stem racial profiling would require data collection on all traffic stops in Maine
For the second time in 2 years, Rep. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, is proposing to require the state’s police departments to collect and report information about every person they stop.
Caution urged along southern Midcoast beaches following fatal shark attack
Both Popham Beach and Reid State Park are telling beachgoers to stay in shallow water — about waist-deep, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
Trump’s coronavirus retweets spark claims of censorship
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are scrubbing their sites of a viral video, produced by a dark money pro-Trump group, about the alleged benefits hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.
Winslow school district drafts back-to-school plan
Despite lacking key information from Gov. Janet Mills, the Winslow Public School District has drafted a plan for instruction in the school year and invested $52,000 in laptop computers to ensure enough are available for remote learning.
Maine has never had a fatal shark attack. Why now?
Despite Monday’s fatality, attacks on humans are rare and often accidental.
Spotlight on four Big Tech CEOs testifying in competition probe
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook of Apple will appear Wednesday before the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust.
AMC, Universal agree to shrink theatrical window to 17 days
The standard window of theatrical exclusivity typically runs about 90 days.
Neighborhood resident killed in Deering Oaks crash, officials say
Celestin Muhizi, 76, lived near the Portland park and happened to be watching a baseball game when he was hit by a car that was driven through a set of bleachers. The driver has been charged with manslaughter.