Reports state that, outside of Tampa’s stadium, maskless fans sparked concern among officials.
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Maine officials say they will take vaccine away from hospitals that violate guidelines
Gov. Janet Mills criticized MaineHealth on Tuesday for not following guidelines, calling it an ‘insult’ that the state’s largest health care organization gave doses to out-of-state contractors who came here to disrupt a union-organizing effort by nurses.
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Woolwich could get its first recreational marijuana store
Farley’s Cannabis Farm, a medical marijuana store on Route 1 in Woolwich, is taking steps to obtain a recreational marijuana retail license. If they’re granted a license by the state, they’re be the town’s first recreational marijuana store.
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In vaccine rollout, 26 states have plans for teachers to get their shots. Maine isn’t one of them.
Teachers are defined as essential workers, a large group in Maine that also includes grocery employees, postal workers, agricultural and other food workers, and manufacturing employees.
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MaineHealth defends decision to vaccinate administrative, remote staff despite state rules
But Maine Medical Center was wrong to vaccinate out-of-state consultants who were hired to help fight an effort to unionize nurses at the hospital, company officials say.
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BIW-built destroyer sails through 2nd sea trials as shipyard sees production slip
The future USS Daniel Inouye is the first ship in two years to leave BIW for sea trials.
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Topsham-Brunswick bridge group weighs appeal to stop span replacement
John Graham of the Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge said a closer examination of Maine Department of Transportation calculations would show the cost of rehabilitating the bridge is closer to the cost for replacing it.
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Citizen effort underway to remove members of Androscoggin County Commission
Papers filed to recall anti-masker and Lewiston commissioner Brian Ames, and plans made for Wales’ Isaiah Lary and Auburn’s John Michael as well.
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U.S. lobster industry braces for Chinese New Year diminished by pandemic
China is enforcing strict rules about food importation because of the coronavirus.
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More renters seek help as relief program struggles to keep up
The state reports there are 2,000 rent relief applications filed before Dec. 31 still being processed, and renters say they are running out of savings.