The public health agency said a resurgence of COVID means mitigation efforts should again be considered in states like Maine that are experiencing medium or high risk.
2022
Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Bruins notebook: GM Sweeney taking the heat for early playoff exit
Don Sweeney says the Bruins ‘left something on the table’ in their loss to Carolina, and he puts a lot of that on his shoulders.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Central Maine Power workers rescue 2 people from burning Richmond house
A woman fell about 20 feet as she tried to escape the burning home Wednesday but was caught by three men who had come to the scene when they saw smoke.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
New ‘disinformation’ board paused amid free speech questions
While the Disinformation Governance Board has not formally been shuttered, it will be reviewed by members of a Department of Homeland Security advisory council that’s expected to make recommendations in 75 days.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Union man, 18, who died in New Jersey beach sand collapse remembered as ‘tech nut’
Levi Caverly, who graduated last year from the Mid-Coast School of Technology in Rockland, was remembered by his father as a faithful and quirky kid who loved to program.
Posted inMaine, News
Franklin County approves $235,000 in grants from TIF funds for projects, economic development
Commissioners voted 2-1 to support a committee’s recommendation to fund the requests. The chairman was the sole opposing vote.
Posted inMaine
Flu makes a late-season surge in Maine, Shah warns
Case numbers are increasing at a time when the seasonal illness is normally fading away.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Moms seeking baby formula tire of being told to ‘just breastfeed’
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is allowing more imports and working to reopen the largest U.S. manufacturing plant.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Officials hope incentives will ease staffing shortages, burnout at Kennebec County Correctional Facility
County jail in Augusta now running with about half the staff needed to operate, leading to high overtime costs and burnout among those who work there.
Posted inNation & World
Deep beach holes are dangerous, Outer Banks town warns
The North Carolina region’s plea to beachgoers was made just hours before a Maine man died at a New Jersey beach when a hole collapsed on him.