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Conservation groups raising funds to build accessible outdoor recreation trail in Brunswick

by C. Thacher Carter August 23, 2021August 24, 2021

The new trail would be located at Woodward Point and offer more local outdoor access for older folks, young children and people with disabilities.

Nation & World

Biden urges vaccine-hesitant to get shots after FDA’s Pfizer approval

by Chris Megerian and Eli Stokols Tribune News Service August 23, 2021August 24, 2021

Meanwhile, hospitals are swelling with unvaccinated patients who have contracted the more contagious delta variant.

Maine, News

DHHS names director of new office for health equity

by Scott Thistle August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

A Bowdoin graduate, Ian Yaffe was the head of a nonprofit that worked to help immigrant and farmworker communities with education, housing and health care.

Sports

J.R. Smith moves from NBA to college classes, golf at N.C. A&T

by AARON BEARD Associated Press August 23, 2021August 24, 2021

The 16-year NBA veteran who skipped college basketball, won two world championships and made millions is now a freshman walk-on for the North Carolina A&T men’s golf team.

Maine, Schools and Education

Face masks required indoors regardless of vaccination status at Bowdoin College

by C. Thacher Carter August 23, 2021August 24, 2021

Bowdoin College President Clayton Rose stated that the college will revisit the requirement and hopes to lift it for vaccinated individuals.

Maine, Morning Sentinel

Two dozen people vaccinated at COVID-19 clinics at Skowhegan State Fair

by Taylor Abbott August 23, 2021August 24, 2021

Those receiving vaccines reflected “a wide representation of Maine counties” and a broad range of people, the director of the emergency medical services at Redington-Fairview General Hospital said.