Sunday’s ‘Save the Bay’ flotilla was a demonstration against plans by American Aquafarms to place an industrial salmon farm off the coast of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
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Posted inAuto Racing, Sports
Farmington’s Cassius Clark wins the Oxford 250
Clark survives takes lead after crash, then, with a damaged car, fends off challenges from Derek Griffith and Curtis Gerry to claim his first Oxford 250 title.
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Posted inNation & World
Fauci open to booster shots sooner than 8 months
He is concerned that another 100,000 people could die from COVID-19 by December because so many Americans are refusing to take the shots.
Posted inNation & World
Weather heats up as California fire inches toward Lake Tahoe
Triple-digit temperatures are possible and the extreme heat is expected to last several days.
Posted inNation & World
Biden meets grieving families, honors troops killed in Afghanistan attack
Roughly 2,500 U.S. service members have died since the war began.
Posted inNation & World
Flames consume high-rise in Milan; residents evacuated
There were no reports of injuries or deaths in the 20-story building.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. airlifts aid to Haiti to reach areas hardest hit by quake
Getting as much help to people as fast as possible is now the focus of the $32 million U.S. relief effort.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Indians rally, avoid sweep by Red Sox
Cleveland overcomes a four-run deficit, scoring the go-ahead run on a rare fielder’s obstruction call.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Sculpture erected at Augusta’s petanque courts
It has been 10 years of steady growth for petanque — “the most interesting game no one ever heard of” — in Augusta.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan Fire Department could lose firefighters to vaccine mandate
The town’s fire chief told selectmen he anticipates losing some of his staff members to the recent COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all emergency personnel. The measure goes into effect Oct. 1.