The supreme court heard from opposing lawyers in a case that will determine if a ranked-choice system will be used to award Maine’s four Electoral College votes in November’s presidential election.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
CARES Act to come to the aid of Maine’s rail line to Boston
Federal CARES Act money will pay for improvements to the passenger rail system that connects Maine to Boston
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Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Businesses struggle with Fenway Park and other baseball cathedrals empty – except for the games
Teams are playing in front of cardboard cutouts with artificial crowd noise, but reality hits hard once you get outside the gates in the neighborhoods around the ballparks.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Parking for $10 at Fenway Park? Only during a pandemic
From bars and restaurants to sausage vendors and parking garages, no fans going to Fenway Park is having an economic ripple effect around the ballpark.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Belichick praises Seahawks ahead of Week 2 matchup
From Russell Wilson to Bobby Wagner, the Patriots should have their hands full against Seattle and Pete Carroll, the coach who Bill Belichick replaced in New England.
Posted inSports
MLB playoffs to be held in bubble with World Series entirely in Arlington, Texas
The Division Series, League Championship Series and World Series will be part of a bubble designed to minimize exposure to the coronavirus.
Posted inSports
NHL notebook: Stars, after being outscored and outshot, in Stanley Cup Final
A terrible start, a coaching change and the pandemic were not able to derail the Stars on their path to the Stanley Cup final.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Boston firm acquires 10 Maine community solar projects
Nexamp Inc. said it purchased the projects, each with a generating capacity of 5 megawatts, from Dimension Renewable Energy of Atlanta.
Posted inNation & World
Smoke from wildfires in the West reaches East Coast and even Europe
Plumes from deadly and record-breaking fires are being caught in the atmospheric jet stream and carried across the United States.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine
Often-overlooked US Senate candidate highlights forgotten women in her new book
Independent Lisa Savage’s new campaign book tells the story of nine American women often left out by historians.