The announcement brings Scott’s publicly disclosed donations to more than $12 billion since 2019.
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers approve extending to-go alcohol sales until 2025
The state Senate passed a bill this week that would allow restaurants and bars to offer alcoholic beverages to go. It awaits the governor’s signature.
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New Red Sox infielder Trevor Story: ‘Playing second is something I’m comfortable with’
The former Rockies shortstop is being asked to switch positions, forming a double-play combo with Xander Bogaerts.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Supreme Court nominee Jackson defends record on 3rd day of confirmation hearings
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the third Black justice, after Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and the sixth woman.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: In Ukraine, the better angels of our nature
Recalling a family jam in Bulgaria, Dana Wilde ponders how Eastern European generosity of spirit is holding Ukrainians together now amid cold brutality.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘Infinite Storm’ a corrida in the snow
Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 feet, and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River. The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather, and the weather, this day, is soft and warm and sunny at its base. But like all mountains, it has a gorgeous […]
Posted inMaine
COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady as Maine reports 2 more deaths, 191 new cases
Moderna announced it is seeking federal approval for COVID-19 vaccine for young children up to age 5.
Posted inNation & World, News
Tornado rips into New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1
Rescue workers were searching through Arabi, just east of the city’s Lower 9th Ward, where the tornado caused significant damage in an area wrecked by Katrina.
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NATO says 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine
Russia is bogged down in an increasingly costly, uncertain and grinding military campaign, with untold numbers of dead, no immediate end in sight, and encircled by western sanctions biting hard on its economy and currency.
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Cony High School adds Ukrainian flag to cafeteria following student appeal
The suggestion came from students who originally asked for the Russian flag to come down, but school officials have decided to let both the Ukrainian and Russian flags fly along with others in the Augusta school cafeteria.