New Jersey now has 10 players on the COVID list, including No. 1 goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood, and two more in isolation after signing with the team.
February 2021
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Central Mainers want answers after waiting hours to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine
Ann Carrigan, 73, of Winslow called and got through, but gave up after being on hold for three hours. ‘I ran out of patience and hung up,’ she said.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Bowdoin College prepares for spring semester reopening
The plan is a change from the fall semester, where primarily first-year students were on campus and most sophomores, juniors and seniors studied remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Two Chiefs deemed close COVID contacts, questionable for Super Bowl
Speedy receiver Demarcus Robinson and center Daniel Kilgore are on the COVID-19 list and need negative tests throughout the week to get off the list
Posted inNews
Vehicles wrecked, drivers receive minor injuries in Farmington crash
A pickup truck rolled several times Monday morning after it was hit by a van on Wilton Road in Farmington.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
India farming protests resonate with U.S. agriculture
The images are reminiscent of America’s farming crisis in the late 1970s when tractors were parked on the National Mall.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Judge upholds Portland hazard pay but rules it’s not effective until 2022
Attorneys for two workers who intervened in the case say they plan to appeal the decision to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inNation & World
Vaccine skepticism lurks in town famous for syphilis study
Many people in Tuskegee, Alabama, have relatives who were subjected to the unethical government experiment.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Oregon’s drug decriminalization law goes into effect
Those found in possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamines, LSD and other drugs face a fine or health assessment.
Posted inThings to Do
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra announces online events, cancels performances
The MSO has cancelled concerts through May because of Covid-19, but will offer online events.