Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. JERUSALEM — Israel on Thursday moved to further tighten its second countrywide lockdown as coronavirus cases continued to soar, ordering all nonessential businesses to close and requiring people to stay within 1,000 meters of their homes. Prayers during the ongoing Jewish High […]
2020
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Happy Birthday, Maine!’ and ’45th Parallel’
Lynn Plourde’s fanciful birthday romp to celebrate Maine’s bicentennial, and a grim novel about drug dealing in Maine in 1975 by Norman R. Kalloch, Jr.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Climate activists’ support for Collins has faded with her loyalty to Trump
Money has poured in from around the country to fund the senator’s Democratic challenger, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon.
Posted inFeature Obituary, News
Rosaline Sanford, 92, longtime nurse at Maine Medical Center
She lived in Freeport for most of her life and graduated from Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in 1949.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 24
Sept. 24, 2018: The Portland Press Herald reports that a small, private Casco Bay island once owned by Arctic explorer Robert Peary is for sale. Crab Island, the property in question, is about a 10-minute boat ride from Freeport, just beyond the mouth of the Harraseeket River. It has two sandy beaches and a two-bedroom […]