The Maine’s CDC reported 439 new cases and 3 deaths Monday, with more infections expected as a result of travel and social gatherings over Christmas and New Year’s.
2020
Trump relents, signs COVID relief deal, averts federal shutdown
The $900 billion pandemic relief package will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals.
Here’s what’s in the stimulus and government funding bill
The massive, year-end catchall bill combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation.
Our View: Cheaper, more effective hearing aids should be on their way
The FDA has been slow to implement a 2017 law designed to deregulate the industry.
Rare camera obscura raised to roof of Children’s Museum & Theatre
The large periscopic camera will once again be available for public viewing when the museum and theater reopen this spring at a new location at Thompson’s Point in Portland.
Researchers wonder: Can humans transmit COVID to bats?
Four Maine wildlife rehabilitators are participating in a Tufts University study examining the possibilities of human-to-animal transmission of COVID-19.
Portland bets on co-ops to meet need for affordable housing
Over the last year, the City Council has partnered with two fledgling organizations to develop three city properties into housing cooperatives, which are owned and managed by residents, not a landlord.
On this date in Maine history: Dec. 28
Dec. 28, 1814: A convention of Democrat-Republicans from several Oxford County towns is convened. Outraged about the inability of the federal government to expel the British from eastern Maine during the ongoing War of 1812, about the Massachusetts authorities’ unwillingness to aid in that effort, they conclude that the only sensible course of action to […]
Run & Eat: Pizza worth writing about
At Radici pizzeria, the dough is the thing.