The Maine CDC said Wednesday that universal indoor masking will no longer be recommended for school and child care providers as of next Wednesday.
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Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Ducks score late power-play goal to beat Bruins, 4-3
Trevor Zegras scores with 21.6 seconds left to end Boston’s five-game winning streak.
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Posted inThings to Do
March concerts planned for DaPonte String Quartet
In March, the DaPonte String Quartet will tour throughout Maine with their “Breaking the Mold” program. DaPonte will break into smaller ensembles to perform a duo and a trio. Described by Ravel as a “turning point in his career,” the Sonate pour violon et violoncello/A la mémoire de Claude Debussy is marked by an abandonment […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: End of mask mandates doesn’t signal end of COVID
Students and parents should continue to think of their most vulnerable community members.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Maine prisons, jails should not use isolated segregation
People emerge from segregation far more damaged — angrier, more defiant, impulsive, violent, and suicidal, and less able to cope — than when they went in.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Italian seafood coming to Kennebunk, a new vegan-friendly brunch menu in Portland
An Italian osteria in Washington D.C. expands to Kennebunk this spring, vegan brunch launches at Bird & Co., plus restaurant reopenings and expansions in Portland.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Tony Scarpelli, Portland: Can’t fool the lieutenant
After basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1961, I went to the Army Signal School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, which was close to Eatontown. We all had to do KP (kitchen police – we set up for and cleaned up after meals), which I hated. So I joined the Drum and Bugle […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Lee Van Dyke, Portland: Early mayhem still has loud echoes
I had pals who inspired mischief, and I wanted to get away with the same or better than they did. I know this particular mischief wasn’t really clever, and it didn’t turn destructive, or I’d never ’fess up to it in a family newspaper. Much of the time it started in garages when our parents […]
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Brenda E. Smith, Belfast: Come on in, the water’s fine
We rarely went to the beach when I was a child, but one day Mom promised my 4-year-old brother, and 5-year-old me, that if the following day was “beach weather,” we’d pack a picnic lunch and spend the day frolicking in the cool waves and building sand castles. The next morning we woke to a […]