The House embraces a one-week extension of government funding that’s expected to easily pass in the Senate.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Delays over, UMaine women excited for season opener
The Black Bears will play their first game since March 8 when they travel to Providence College for a Thursday afternoon matchup.
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Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller U.S. cities
Opposition to face-covering mandates is flaring amid an epic surge in deaths, hospitalizations and infections.
Posted inMaine
Eight residents at Canton rehab center die of COVID-19 complications
Pinnacle Health and Rehab reports 110 active cases.
Posted inMaine colleges
UMF Athletic Director awaits word from conference about winter winter sports
UMaine-Farmington athletic director Julie Davis said there are still details that must be ironed out before a season can begin.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Hospitals plead with Mainers to wear masks, take precautions
“We have your back. Please have ours,” Central Maine Healthcare, MaineGeneral Health and Northern Light Health leaders wrote in a joint letter released Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
First adult-use marijuana store in Kennebec County opens in Waterville
Sweet Dirt, an Eliot-based company, opened Wednesday in the former Pine Cone Gift & Furniture Shop on Kennedy Memorial Drive.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Mainers urged to stay vigilant as vaccines arrive, and for a long time afterward
People who are injected with the vaccines still may be able to harbor and spread the disease, one reason face masks could be part of American life well into 2021, and maybe beyond.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta shutting down entire child care program until Dec. 28
A staff member tested positive for COVID-19 after a partial closure of the program, prompting the city to send the remaining 45 children in the program home.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Adult community education classes in Waterville go remote because of COVID-19 case
The entire wing of Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education at Waterville Senior High School closed Wednesday until Jan. 4, while Clinton Elementary School reported a positive case of COVID-19, the seventh in Maine School Administrative District 49.