AUGUSTA — The St. Michael School Christmas Fair will be presented virtually through Dec. 21 at https://sites.google.com/smsmaine.org/smschristmasfair. “People can shop from the convenience of their own homes anytime through the week of Christmas and have items shipped directly to their homes,” said Kevin Cullen, principal at St. Michael, according to a news release from the school. […]
2020
Posted inSchools and Education
RSU 9 cautiously closes Farmington-area schools Wednesday
Mt. Blue Middle School and High School went fully remote Wednesday as the district waited for CDC direction.
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Posted inSports
NBA notebook: AP Sources: Ariza to Pistons, Horford to OKC, Rubio to Minnesota
The Philadelphia 76ers are moving on from Al Horford and will send him and a protected future first-round pick to Oklahoma City in a major draft-night trade.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Rangeley teenager is first full-time firefighter in the town
Camdan Carmichael, 18, was selected from among several candidates to work at the Rangeley Fire Rescue Department.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Year-end financial cliffs are looming for millions of Americans
The biggest blow will likely come from the end of two federal unemployment-insurance programs, with roughly 12 million people facing a late-December cutoff.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Biden’s DIY transition proceeds while Trump refuses to cooperate
President-elect Joe Biden has been forced to seek extraordinary workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security challenges he will inherit in just nine weeks.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Capital Area Technical Center reports positive COVID-19 case
The Augusta school will remain open, with only a few students who may have been exposed in quarantine.
Posted inColumns, Kennebec Journal, Liz Soares, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Liz Soares: Finding the bright spots
While I still expect the worst, I’m striving to find silver linings amid the pandemic, writes Liz Soares.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Man charged with attempted murder after morning shootout in Lewiston
Police officers and a suspect exchanged gunfire around 4:30 a.m. Later, they surrounded a Horton Street apartment building for about four hours, arresting two men in the afternoon.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
FAA clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again
Regulators around the world grounded the Max in March 2019, after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet l ess than five months after another Max plunged into the Java Sea.