I still don’t know what will deter us from driving headlong into self-destruction by climate change, writes Dana Wilde.
2020
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
E-waste event raises record amount for Augusta’s Warming Center
For a donation, area residents could shed old electronics Saturday — some older than others — and support the Warming Center, a safe and warm place where people can spend weekdays when the cold weather rolls in.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
The Metropolitan Opera to skip season, for first time in nearly 140 years
This season was to have started this week, but all 218 performances of 23 operas have been canceled.
Posted inSports
Gale Sayers, Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77
The Chicago Bears star was a five-time All-Pro in the 1960s before his career was cut short by knee injuries.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
Absentee ballot requests top 230,000 in Maine
Democrats have made 57% of the requests, to 16% from Republicans and 24% from unenrolled voters.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine schools receive additional $164 million in federal relief
The money builds on $165 million districts received for pandemic-related expenses in July, but must be used by the end of December, according to federal requirements.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Missing 2-year-old Lewiston child found safe Wednesday morning
Police located the youngster in a nearby building.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine to allow Massachusetts residents to visit without COVID-19 test or quarantine
As it lowers barriers to visitation from Massachusetts, Maine continues to grapple with rising case numbers in its southernmost county.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Colby College testing ‘going well,’ official overseeing health and safety plans says
Students, faculty and staff at the Waterville college are taking health and safety protocol seriously, according to Doug Terp, who is in charge of COVID-19 plans.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: World leaders criticize ‘critical collapse’ in response to virus
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. UNITED NATIONS — World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken nearly 1 million lives in its march across the globe. In the words of Kazakhstan’s president, it was […]