After 11 months of on-and-off talks in Vienna, U.S. officials and others say only a very small number of issues remain to be resolved.
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Posted inVarsity Maine, Wrestling
2021-2022 Wrestling wrap-up: Despite low numbers, central Maine teams continue successes on the mat
Skowhegan features multiple Class A champions; Winslow’s Samuel Schmitt finishes as most outstanding wrestler at Class B championships.
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Posted inNation & World
St. Patrick’s Day parades turn pandemic blues Irish green
Celebrations return to New York City, Savannah, Ga., and elsewhere as Americans hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over.
Posted inNation & World
Biden’s St. Patrick’s Day scrambled by Irish PM’s COVID case
The president had to settle for a virtual meeting with visiting Prime Minister Micheál Martin, who was isolating at Blair House across the street from the White House.
Posted inMaine
Legislative panel OKs $100 million PFAS relief fund for farmers
The money could be used to cover remediation efforts, crop losses, farm buyouts and long-term health care needs.
Posted inNation & World
Driver of pickup that struck van, killing 9 in Texas, was 13 years old, investigators say
Six members of the University of the Southwest golf teams and a coach were among those killed.
Posted inTimes Record Sports
2021-22 Hockey wrap-up: Brunswick’s title, Gardiner’s run among area’s top stories
Dragons won first championship, while Tigers pulled tournament’s big upset and Messalonskee rolled through regular season.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts House OKs bill banning bias based on hairstyle
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
Posted inTimes Record
Topsham-area school board begins in-person interviews in superintendent search
Robert Lucy has been serving as interim superintendent for MSAD 75 since July 2021.
Posted inHealth
Biden’s COVID-19 coordinators to change as U.S. shifts focus
The White House is changing its posture from one of confronting an emergency to nudging Americans back to normalcy as the nation learns to live with a less-severe virus that is likely to remain endemic.