Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, the biggest drop in seven months, a sign that Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season
2020
Posted inSports
48-year-old Manny Ramirez is back in baseball Down Under
The former Red Sox slugger has joined the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Stanford’s VanDerveer becomes winningest women’s basketball coach
Tara VanDerveer passes the late Pat Summitt with her 1,099th victory as No. 1 Stanford romps past Pacific, 104-61
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine shatters daily record with 551 new cases of COVID-19
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC, says the state is now ‘squarely seeing’ the impact of Thanksgiving gatherings.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Health care workers deserve first shots of the COVID vaccine, and much more
The arrival of a vaccine gives hope, but coronavirus cases are surging and hospitals are struggling.
Posted inFeature Obituary, News
Valerie Baker, 70, longtime teacher at the Middle School of the Kennebunks
She taught in special education at the school for 33 years, until a month ago.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
George Smith: History lives on through the buildings around us
Maine has done a terrific job protecting and preserving its landmarks.
Posted inHealth
How will you know it’s your turn for the vaccine? It’s unclear.
Who gets vaccinated when depends on factors including the supply and how quickly health care workers and people in nursing homes get inoculated.
Posted inLocal & State, News
A favorite toy fund tradition continues for 71st year
There’s something comforting and reassuring about watching the same holiday movies every year. You already know the stories, and even much of the dialogue, but they till make you laugh or choke back tears in all the same places. That’s a little like the notes that faithful donors send each year to the Press Herald […]
