More than $200,000 in grants has allowed the University of Maine at Augusta to double the enrollment in its dental assistant program and offer instruction in Lewiston.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
As coronavirus pandemic rages, some high school basketball teams take the floor
A season of uncertainty opens with individualized skills and drills workouts, although some schools still in holding pattern.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Winslow Junior High and High School going remote until Jan. 4
Grade six is unaffected because it is at the old junior high school, and the elementary school will continue its hybrid learning.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Augusta courthouse reopens to public
The Capital Judicial Center, closed for about two weeks after at least three employees tested positive for COVID-19, was back open Monday.
Posted inNation & World
Demand for COVID-19 vaccines expected to get heated – fast
Experts say they expect attitudes to shift quickly from widespread hesitancy to urgent demand.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta bar faces loss of liquor license
Augusta’s licensing board has recommended the Raging Bull Saloon’s liquor license not be renewed because of ongoing issues at the Water Street bar, but the City Council will have the final say.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Kansas hospital runs out of staff, as virus creates acute rural crisis
The COVID-19 crisis in small towns nationwide is particularly acute because they hospitals don’t have much of a bullpen – or many places to send patients with regional hospitals full.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
With Giuliani in hospital with COVID, lawmakers who met with him scramble
The New York mayor recently attended long meetings in battleground states, to help the president try to subvert November’s vote, without wearing a mask.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time
As a year marked by coronavirus nears an end, millions of Americans are depending on food banks to stave off hunger.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Sidney’s Maine Arts extends remote learning, while Mid-Maine Tech and Erskine report positive cases
Two individuals associated with Maine Arts Academy have tested positive for COVID-19; Mid-Maine Tech reports a case of COVID-19; and Erskine Academy has an additional case.