A positive case of COVID-19 in a staff member at Benton Elementary School has brought the number of cases in SAD 49 to a total of five.
2020
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
New Hampshire legislators bundle up, meet outside
Some House Democrats skipped the session held on an athletic field because of coronavirus concerns.
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Posted inNation & World
Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges
The agency also announced new guidelines that shorten recommended quarantines after close contact with someone infected with coronavirus.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden, top Democrats swing behind bipartisan coronavirus aid bill
Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are part of the group of 9 senators advocating the plan.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Gloria Estefan reveals she caught COVID-19, is now recovered
The Cuban-born singer says she’s emerging from isolation days after dining outdoors at a Miami-area restaurant.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, Times Record Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine men’s ice hockey team tries to stay sharp, shake off practice fatigue
Black Bears practicing, trying to cope with a season on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Nation & World
People magazine reveals its ‘2020 People of the Year’
People honors George Clooney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez and Regina King.
Posted inNation & World, News
Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
Hospitals are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate effort to ease staffing shortages.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Livermore Falls woman accused of assaulting officer, breaking boyfriend’s vehicle windshield
Letitia Hall arrested on five charges.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Researchers from New England, Canada to study great white sharks
Great white sharks have been appearing in the Northeast’s waters in greater numbers each summer.