Pandemic’s effect on Tokyo Olympics mimics what American team sports went through in 2020, Drew Bonifant writes.
2021
Posted inBusiness
Biden admininstration stepping up community grants from COVID-19 bill
The grants will be targeted at supporting local infrastructure, job training programs and developing new industries.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Former Congressman Bruce Poliquin looks to build housing, park at site of former Bath cannery
Poliquin, who represented Maine’s 2nd District from 2015-2019, wants a zoning change to redevelop the former Stinson Seafood Cannery site.
Posted inBusiness
On Amazon’s wishlist: A ‘key’ to your apartment building
Amazon is pushing landlords around the country to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment building front doors whenever they need to leave packages in the lobby instead of the street.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Q&A: What’s driving the latest case spikes and how concerned should I be?
The highly transmissible delta variant is boosting COVID-19 case counts across the U.S., including in Maine. Although the trend is troublesome, experts say fully vaccinated people remain well protected, even if they catch the virus.
Posted inSports
MLB roundup: Rays acquire slugger Cruz from Twins
Nelson Cruz is batting .294 with 19 homers and 50 RBI this season.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Malinowski elected to Pittston Select Board
A special election also took place in Richmond, with a citizen’s petition to amend the Land Use Ordinance to allow individual well and septic systems for developments defeated at the polls.
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire bishop accused of abusing teenage boy in 1980s
A lawsuit accuses the head of the Roman Catholic Church in New Hampshire of sexual abuse when he served as a priest in New York.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin student, 11, raffling his new bike to raise funds for child’s treatment
Connor Dobbyn, 13, is battling a rare genetic disorder, but could be helped by Connor Ridley of Bowdoin Central School.
Posted inSports
Sports Digest: Two share lead after first round of LPGA Evian Championship
Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn and American teen Yealimi Noh both shot 6-under 65 to lead the major tournament in Evian-les-Bains, France.