‘Distance Saves Lives’ blood drives will be held each of the next 10 Wednesdays with a goal of producing more than 1,000 pints of donated blood.
Steve Craig
Staff Writer
Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.
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A Searsmont couple’s baby could come any day, and the father hopes coronavirus restrictions won’t keep him out of the delivery room.
The Virus Diaries: ‘Walking a tightrope’ to balance parenting and job’s demands
Adam Burnett’s workload has increased dramatically because of the pandemic, and now he’s juggling increased parenting demands as well.
Sanford’s Rachel Schneider applauds move to postpone Olympics
The middle distance runner had been preparing for the U.S. Olympic Trials in hopes of making her first Summer Games appearance.
When the checkout line becomes the front line
Most of us have been advised to stay home, but cashiers have to interact with other humans all day long, although many have changed the way they work.
Golf courses offer respite from virus anxiety, at least for now
Several southern Maine courses are open with dramatically modified operating policies designed to keep golfers and staff safe.
Infection of Cape Elizabeth 12-year-old seen as sign of community spread
District officials say the Maine CDC has contacted anyone considered to have been in close proximity to the boy, a student at the middle school.
Start of spring high school sports practices delayed to April 27
The Maine Principals’ Association has pushed back preseason practices by a month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
In just a day, Portland’s minor league sports go dormant
The G League (Red Claws) and ECHL (Mariners) have suspended their seasons, while the start of the Sea Dogs’ baseball season will be delayed.
Spring sports canceled at some Maine colleges amid coronavirus concerns
Bowdoin and Bates will forgo the rest of their spring schedules, while other schools are still weighing their options.