Along with the week’s roll call votes, the Senate also passed the Veterans COMPACT Act.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Insight: Nothing will be easy about COVID vaccine
Buying doses for everyone on Earth, storing the vaccine, shipping it and administering it will be difficult and expensive.
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Posted inFood & Dining
What size turkey will your family gobble?
Turkey farmers and retailers predict more customers will want a smaller bird on their Thanksgiving table this year as a result of the pandemic. But for others, it’s go big or go home.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Green power generates jobs for Maine, not just electricity
Climate change is both a threat to life as we know it and an opportunity to build a better future.
Posted inMaine, News
Here’s what we’ve learned about treating COVID-19
Nearly 600 Maine people have been hospitalized since March with the disease, but doctors have learned how to treat it more effectively.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Positive lessons were found in a fall season like no other
‘I think the biggest thing is getting the kids playing,’ says one coach, a refrain echoed by almost all involved in high school sports.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports, Varsity Maine
Tough new rule for sports? ‘I don’t even realize I’m wearing a mask’
Maine high school athletes will be required to wear masks during games and practices this winter. UMaine athletes have been doing so since the start of the school year, and many shrug at the inconvenience.
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 15
Nov. 15, 1888: The Maine Steamship Co. accepts a $160,000 bid from Bath Iron Works for the construction of the steamship Cottage City. It is the 4-year-old Bath shipyard’s first shipbuilding project. The vessel is delivered to the owners in May 1890. It carries passengers between Portland and New York for more than seven years […]
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Don’t expect much from divided government
Great achievements of the past have come when one party controls both houses of Congress and the presidency.