This would make businesses and nonprofits eligible for low-interest loans to make up for interruptions from the Lewiston-area shelter-in-place order.
2023
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College roundup: UMaine upsets UNH in overtime, advances in America East tourney
Field hockey: Poppy Lambert’s second goal of the game 8:07 into overtime to give sixth-seeded Maine a 3-2 win over No. 3 New Hampshire.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
FTX founder Sam-Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding cryptocurrency customers
After the monthlong trial, jurors rejected Bankman-Fried’s claim during 4 days on the witness stand in federal court he never committed fraud or meant to cheat customers before FTX.
Posted inNation & World, News
Putin signs a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty
There are widespread concerns that Russia may resume nuclear tests to try to discourage the West from continuing to offer military support to Ukraine.
Posted inBusiness
BIW donates $100,000 to assist Lewiston shooting victims
Many of the shipyard’s workers were personally affected by the mass shootings that claimed 18 lives in Lewiston last week.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden says 74 U.S. dual nationals have left Gaza Strip as he dispatches Blinken to Mideast
Blinken will be introducing a new element to the U.S. list of priorities: the need for Israel and its neighbors to begin to consider what a post-conflict Gaza will look like, who will govern it, how it can be made secure and how to establish an independent Palestinian state.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Uncategorized
FTC: Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites
The new excerpts, unveiled Thursday, alleged company executives intentionally deleted communication by using a feature on the popular app Signal that makes messages disappear.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
West Gardiner boy, 17, in serious but stable condition following car crash in Augusta
The teenager was one of four Gardiner Area High School students traveling to the Capital Area Technical Center when their car went off Cony Road and hit a utility pole.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-area school superintendent named top administrator in Maine
The Maine School Superintendents Association this week named MSAD 54’s Jon Moody the superintendent of the year.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Ex-gang leader pleads not guilty in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing in Vegas
The judge named county special public defenders Robert Arroyo and Charles Cano to represent defendant Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, who lost his bid to hire private defense attorney Ross Goodman.