Faith Food Pantry seeks nonperishable canned or dry goods items, such as jellies, jams, green beans, more.
2020
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Rita L. Anastasio
AUBURN – Rita L. Anastasio, 96, of Clover Living Center, Auburn Maine, passed away on Dec. 16, 2020, of natural causes.She …
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Parents turn to toy fund in a stormy year
Parents grow desperate as the pandemic makes all life’s other difficulties that much worse.
Posted inNation & World
‘Obamacare’ enrollment rising as COVID-19 pandemic deepens
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services said more than 8.2 million people had signed up through the close of open enrollment Dec. 15.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine says uncertainty around shipments is hampering vaccine rollout
The state delays its plans to vaccinate residents of assisted-living facilities after learning it won’t receive as many doses next week as it expected.
Posted inSports
NBA roundup: Irving, Nets rout Celtics in preseason finale
Kyrie Irving scores 17 points in his return to Boston, Kevin Durant finishes with 25, and Brooklyn cruises to a 113-89 victory.
Posted inNation & World, News
One in 5 prisoners in the U.S. has had COVID-19, and 1,700 have died
At least 275,000 inmates have been infected, and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing.
Posted inNation & World, News
Pompeo says Russians were behind massive hacks of U.S. government networks
Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to identify all the government and private-sector systems that may have been compromised.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Maine hunters harvest most deer in almost 2 decades
Unofficial numbers show hunters killed 33,157 deer in the season that ended Dec. 12.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school sports notebook: Merrill, Ouellette take tandem approach to Winthrop girls basketball
It will be a team effort on the sideline for the Winthrop girls basketball team this season. Fortunately for the Ramblers, Jess Merrill and Kelsey Ouellette have a background with such a partnership. Merrill and Ouellette are set to begin their first season as co-coaches at Winthrop, guiding the program that Joe Burnham took to […]