The governor says she will get tested this week and quarantine at the Blaine House until Dec. 12 because she potentially was exposed to the virus by a member of her security detail.
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Posted inMaine Celtics, Sports
Red Claws season remains uncertain as Celtics open camp
It’s unclear whether the G League will resume operations during the pandemic, but media reports say a bubble plan for teams is being considered near Atlanta.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. morgues and hospitals overflow during ‘very dark couple of weeks’
Health officials fear the crisis will be even worse in coming weeks, after many Americans ignored pleas to stay home over Thanksgiving and avoid people who don’t live with them.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Unveiling economic team, Biden pledges, ‘Help is on the way’
The president-elect has assembled a team of liberal advisers who have long prioritized the nation’s workers and government efforts to address economic inequality.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
Maine voters set record with 78% turnout for presidential race
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says the election that was conducted safely despite the pandemic.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
USM hoping to play some games this winter
The Huskies will set up their own COVID testing lab on campus and play a limited schedule, but only if conditions during the pandemic allow it.
Posted inSports, Uncategorized
Junior hockey notes: Twin City Thunder secure a dormitory in Hallowell
Twin City will house about half of its NCDC and Premier players in a dorm next season. Also, another schedule change for the NCDC team, and former Thunder player Levente Keresztes makes Division I commitment.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
MLB notebook: Red Sox, Rodriguez agree to one-year, $8.3 million deal to avoid arbitration
Left-handed starter Eduardo Rodriguez, sixth in AL Cy Young voting in 2019, did not play in the shortened 2020 season after a brutal bout with COVID-19.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Democrats nominate Shenna Bellows as Maine’s next secretary of state
The state senator from Manchester will be the first woman to hold the office if elected Wednesday by the full Legislature, where Democrats hold a majority.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Fate of Kennebec County’s Melville Fuller statue debated
A public hearing Tuesday draws a wide range of comments and suggestions about the statue honoring the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who presided over the court when the “separate but equal” doctrine was enshrined into U.S. law, paving the way for decades of racial segregation.