A Vatican reporter was in the right place at the right time to record the unannounced stop this week.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Several UMaine teams sidelined this weekend because of COVID-19 cases
The Black Bears have had to postpone or cancel events for women’s hockey, women’s basketball, swimming and indoor track.
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Posted inMaine
Eight children taken to hospital after collision involving Maine school bus
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said the bus driver had indicated a stop, but a pickup truck behind the bus failed to stop.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Five players unanimous choices for All-Pro team
Cooper Kupp, Davante Adams, Jonathan Taylor, T.J. Watt and Aaron Donald are picked by all 50 members of the media panel.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Contracts ending, Northeast organic dairies ask consumers to jump in
Horizon Organic plans to stop buying milk from 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast because it doesn’t want to transport the milk from the region to its plant in New York.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine inmate who had escaped 3 times dies in custody
Arnold Nash, 68, was serving a 45-year prison sentence for killing his former neighbor in 1991.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. will launch website to provide 4 free at-home COVID tests
Americans shouldn’t expect a rapid turnaround on the orders and they will have to plan ahead and request the tests well before they want them.
Posted inNation & World
Goodbye, ‘godsend’: Expiration of child tax credits hits home
President Biden had proposed extending them for another full year, but Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., wouldn’t support it.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
After 2 years of restoration, Whitefield Library & Community Center reopens
The library’s winter hours will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Gardiner-area school board members return $250 gift cards as part of $94,000 purchase
Maine School Administrative District 11 board members cannot legally accept the gift cards, which were sent to the district’s 364 staff members over the holidays as part of a new agreement with school unions, the superintendent said.