More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
COVID-19
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville-area health professionals say getting outside this winter is especially important
The days are shorter and it’s cold, but outside activity has never been so important, area medical professionals say.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Outdoors
Waterville’s Quarry Road Trails ramping up for winter season
Quarry Road Trails staff finished a 64-hour snow run that ended Wednesday, the longest in the tenure of Justin Fereshetian, program director and Nordic ski coach for the city of Waterville and Quarry Road Trails.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Fairfield day care reports four cases of COVID-19
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the state Center for Disease Control & Prevention, said that four positive cases were reported at Otter Brook Child Care.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump, Congress avert shutdown, buy time for COVID-19 talks
Negotiations are stalled, but there is universal agreement that Congress won’t adjourn for the year without passing a long-delayed round of pandemic relief.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Mills orders stores to deny entry to maskless shoppers as COVID-19 cases climb
Gov. Janet Mills also says she is ‘running out of available public health tools,’ short of closing schools or businesses, to try to contain the spread of the virus.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Congress stuck as McConnell torpedoes bipartisan aid deal
A negotiating group including Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is working to rally lawmakers behind the $908 billion framework that includes a $300-per-week pandemic jobless benefit and $160 billion for state and local governments.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for COVID-19
DeGeneres has been hosting her daytime talk show, ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ live from her studio, with guests appearing both in person and virtually.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Religion and Values
Bishop urges Maine Catholics to receive COVID vaccine, allaying concerns about use of fetal tissue
Some Catholics have questioned whether they should be vaccinated if tissue from aborted fetuses was used to develop or test the COVID-19 vaccines.
Posted inLocal & State, News
New COVID-19 cases in Maine top 400 for 3rd time this week
With 172 virus patients hospitalized statewide, health officials worry that the rise in cases will lead to more hospitalizations and deaths.