Paul Newberry: In this COVID-19 season, coaches must wear their masks, fans shouldn’t be whooping it up without face coverings and schools must mandate safety checks for all entering the stadium.
2020
Small gyms in U.S. devastated by coronavirus fears, restrictions
Health and fitness centers lost an aggregate $13.9 billion during shutdowns as of Aug. 31, an industry group estimates.
Smooth sailing for students in Maine Maritime Museum’s learning program
While some elements like backpacks, binders and a whiteboard, are familiar, the 15 students enrolled in the Maine Maritime Museum’s alternative learning program are outside whenever possible and studying elements of maritime history and culture alongside their core curriculum.
Franklin County commissioners OK concept of amending TIF program
One part relates to broadband service and the other to a communications study.
Family buys 120-year-old ‘Forever Farm’ in Embden
Emily Eckhardt and her partner, Dillon Robinson, bought the 79-acre farm, which the Maine Farmland Trust recently designated a Forever Farm.
Sports Digest: Bowman shuffled to NASCAR’s No. 48 to replace Johnson
Alex Bowman and crew chief Greg Ives, who won five championships with Jimmie Johnson as his engineer, will move into Johnson’s ride at the end of the season.
Patriots have issues to solve without Newton
Quarterbacks Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham struggled in New England’s loss to Kansas City on Monday.
Eddie Van Halen, rock guitar virtuoso with a shimmering sound, dies at 65
His band, Van Halen, is among the top 20 best-selling artists of all time, and the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Man dressed as the Hulk arrested after Trump’s Hollywood star is smashed
The 56-year-old activist turned himself in to police Monday.
Trump halts talks on COVID-19 relief until after election
The president says he’s asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct all his focus before the election into confirming his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.