The arrival of cooler weather and the likelihood of more indoor gatherings will add to the importance of everyday safety precautions, experts say.
2020
Major companies reject Trump’s payroll tax deferral
Even the House of Representatives isn’t going ahead, concluding it ‘would not be in the best interests’ of employees.
Week In Photos Sept. 5-11, 2020
Here are some of our favorite photos from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel from the past week.
Maine implements $300-per-week federal jobless payments
The enhanced unemployment benefit will be paid retroactively to the week ending Aug. 1 for eligible claimants, but funding will run out this month.
U.S. marks 9/11 anniversary at tributes shadowed by virus
President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden did not cross paths, although both visited Shanksville, Pa.
Gardiner attorney’s license suspended over sexual advances to clients
Clarence H. Spurling’s license to practice law was suspended by order of the state Supreme Judicial Court after the state Board of Overseers of the Bar alleged he inappropriately touched one client and made sexual advances toward another client who was ‘substantially incapacitated’ after drinking.
Maine CDC reports 32 new cases of COVID-19
Fifteen of the cases were in York County, which continues to be the hotspot for new infections statewide.
Art and science merge at River Arts with solo show by Jacqueline Johnson
Exhibit on display Sept. 11 through Sept. 23 in Damariscotta.
Search: Maine 2020 deer hunt lottery winners
The annual lottery awarded an all-time high number of permits this year.
The Latest: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home, study shows
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. NEW YORK — Children who caught the coronavirus at day cares and a day camp spread it to their relatives, according to a new report that underscores that kids can bring the germ home and infect others. Scientists already know children can […]