Many children hospitalized with COVID-19 have other health conditions that make them more susceptible to complications from the virus.
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Posted inMaine, News
Week In Photos Dec. 31, 2021-Jan. 7, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: School crimes and misdemeanors, and the punishment that ensued
In the old days, some teachers would physically hit kids, a transgression that today would get them fired and charged with assault, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies at 94
He won the best actor Academy Award for ‘Lilies of the Field’ in 1964.
Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Waterville announces downtown winter parking ban
Waterville Public Works asks people to keep The Concourse and downtown clear of parking from midnight to 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, to allow for snow cleanup by the department. Overnight parking is permitted at the Head of Falls Municipal Parking Lot.
Posted inNation & World, News
In omicron outbreak, U.S. governors lose appetite for mandates
Even governors who pushed the hardest for restrictions during earlier outbreaks have settled on appealing for people to take personal responsibility.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate
The six conservative justices believe the administration overstepped its authority in its requirement for businesses with at least 100 employees.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. unemployment sinks to 3.9% as many more people find jobs
The pandemic has made the government’s employment figures more volatile so the job market may be healthier than the modest hiring gain reported.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Central Maine schools have an old-fashioned snow day as storm rolls in
The first significant storm of 2022 was expected to bring 2 to 6 inches of snow across the region Friday.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Hospitalizations set record in Maine as omicron creates new hot spots for infections
The variant has spread first in coastal and more populous counties, driving up infection rates where they had been relatively low just three weeks ago, and experts predict cases soon will spike in every county.