Chemicals spilled into the river through a ruptured underground sewer line and a failed floor drain.
2020
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Superintendent: Staff member of Oakland-based RSU 18 tests positive for COVID-19
Superintendent Carl Gartley said the staff member is not a teacher and already been out of school after learning of positive tests with close contacts.
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Posted inNation & World
Plot thickens, questions swirl over pope’s endorsement of same-sex unions
Evidence suggests he made them in a 2019 interview that was never broadcast in its entirety.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine reports 42 new cases of COVID-19 as outbreak linked to church grows
An outbreak connected to a Waldo County church continues to grow, and is now linked to 49 cases.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Senate panel advances Barrett despite Democrats’ boycott
Republicans have bristled at Democrats’ claim that the Affordable Care Act is in jeopardy if Barrett joins the court, but Trump told CBS ‘it will be so good’ if the court puts an end to the law.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Unemployment claims dip in Maine, but widespread layoffs continue
Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of Mainers are still filing new jobless claims each week.
Posted inTimes Record
Lisbon police charge student with terrorizing over high school threat
Three Maine State Police bomb detection dogs searched Lisbon High School but didn’t find explosives.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: More than 20% of virus tests come back positive in Kansas
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
U.S. jobless claims drop to 787,000
But the unemployment rate remains high at 7.9 percent.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Estate of Robert Indiana to depose late artist’s closest associates
A judge denied the Morgan Art Foundation’s motion to halt the depositions.