The state recommends hybrid instruction for schools in Oxford and York counties, in an update to the school reopening advisory system Friday.
2020
Posted inNation & World, News
Ginsburg makes history again, as first woman to lie in state at U.S. Capitol
The honor has been accorded fewer than three dozen times, mostly to presidents, vice presidents and members of Congress.
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Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh says the shortened schedule ordered by the Trump administration likely would produce inaccurate results that would last a decade.
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The Latest: Chinese company says vaccine to be ready by early 2021
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. BEIJING — A Chinese pharmaceutical company said Thursday the coronavirus vaccine it is developing should be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the United States. Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, vowed to apply to the U.S. Food and Drug […]
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Paris stabbing suspect wasn’t on police radar, interior minister says
Paris police have opened a terrorism investigation after an attack Friday wounded two people near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
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Gideon has small lead over Collins among likely Maine voters in new Colby poll
The survey of 847 likely voters also shows Democrat Joe Biden running well ahead of President Trump, with the margin tighter in the 2nd Congressional District.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: COVID-19 prevention measures are there for a reason
Carelessness and failed leadership turned a few cases of the coronavirus into the state’s biggest outbreak.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 25
Sept. 25, 1827: A New Brunswick sheriff and 14 armed policemen arrest John Baker in Meruimticook, which Baker had designated as the capital of his self-proclaimed Republic of Madawaska. Baker, a continuous thorn in the side of British authorities in a region where the border between Maine and the future Canadian provinces of Quebec and […]
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Christopher Gillies, 65, retired senior master sergeant in Air National Guard
During his 38-year career, he was deployed to the Middle East 3 times.