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Tensions mount at Waterville council meeting when group challenges mask mandate
Police were called when matters further escalated after the meeting when members of Maine Patriots With Attitude followed a couple outside where one member repeatedly used a vulgar term to insult a woman.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Anti-mask mandate group says it will protest outside central Maine school board members’ homes
Nick Blanchard, founder of Maine Patriots With Attitude, wouldn’t say when or where these would take place.
Posted inUncategorized
Over 60 Mt. Blue students protest district COVID-19 policies with ‘freedom of choice’ walkout
Students and a few parents gathered outside Mt. Blue High School to protest RSU 9’s coronavirus policies. Superintendent Chris Elkington said that the district will not alter the policies because of the walkout.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Members of state worker’s union rally for livable wage ahead of contract renewal
Those who did not attend the Sunday rally had to work a ‘second job’ to pay their bills, according to the speakers at the event.
Posted inNation & World
Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests
The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Maine State House quiet on Sunday amid protest concerns
There were no signs of activity by Trump supporters, who are said to be targeting state capitols for demonstrations through Inauguration Day.
Posted inNation & World
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol, calls rioters ‘domestic terrorists’
Both the president-elect and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke about the police treatment of the largely white mob compared with Black Lives Matter protesters.
Posted inNation & World
Questions raised about Capitol Police’s inability to secure Capitol building
It is unclear how the Capitol Police force — with 1,879 sworn officers and a budget of $515.5 million — was unable to protect Congress.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine historians see unprecedented event in storming of U.S. Capitol
The breach of the Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists is more in line with coups that have occurred in other, less stable countries.