The Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors discussed updates to the reopening plan and explored the winter activities recommendation, should Somerset County’s designation change from ‘yellow’ to ‘green’.
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Among first acts, Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing
The president-elect says he will make the request of Americans on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20.
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State blows the whistle on basketball club’s plan to play before virus rules permit
Maine Hoops, the state’s largest organizer of club sport basketball games, plans to start games Dec. 18 – weeks before they are allowed under state guidelines.
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Vaccine rollout could ease crisis, but who gets it first?
A new analysis argues for targeting the first vaccines to the same low-income Black, Hispanic and Native American households that have disproportionately suffered from the coronavirus.
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Three more Gardiner area districts schools move to ‘red’ protocols
MSAD 11 Superintendent Pat Hopkins said that the schools are operating fully remotely because of the number of students and staff that are in quarantine. More than 245 students and over 40 staff members are under quarantine.
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Most of California nears stay-at-home order
As hospitalizations surge, Gov. Gavin Newsom says four of the state’s five regions will likely be under a new order within a day or two.
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U.N. chief: Vaccine can’t undo damage from global pandemic
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the social and economic impact of COVID-19 ‘is enormous and growing.’
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Late stumble leaves S&P 500 just short of a record high
The benchmark index slipped 0.1 percent after spending much of the day higher.
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Buenos Aires’ cafe culture fighting to survive amid pandemic
The Argentine capital’s many historic cafes and bars are officially recognized as ‘cafes notables’ for their contribution to the city’s culture.
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Maine CDC investigates COVID-19 outbreak at Augusta Spectrum store
No customer was in direct contact with three employees who tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Lara Pritchard, spokeswoman for Spectrum’s parent company, Charter Communications.