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UMaine System encourages students to get vaccinations, with eligibility expanding
Students aren’t required to get vaccinated but the university system is strongly encouraging it because of concerns that younger people are driving up coronavirus cases statewide.
Looking Back on April 6
100 Years Ago: 1921 H. Tremblay of Lewiston obtained the contract Thursday from the SS Kresge company of Detroit, Mich., for remodeling the store on Lisbon Street, formerly occupied by the Novelty Cloak Store. Work has already begun. 50 Years Ago: 1971 The area’s newest bed and breakfast is gearing up for its first full […]
NBA roundup: Irving scores 40, but Nets lose Harden in 114-112 win over Knicks
James Harden returned after missing two games with right hamstring tightness for Brooklyn, but lasted just four minutes leaving with the same injury.
Looking Back on April 5
100 Years Ago: 1921 The police have a little of everything to do in their line of work. Early this week a woman’s hat blew into the canal. Later in the day the hat was rescued by a member of the Lewiston police department. It is now resting quietly at the police station, awaiting Identification […]
Pair arrested after mail thefts in Standish
A Sebago man and Buxton woman were apprehended after a concerned resident called police early Sunday.
Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics
Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars.
Cod fishing season to reopen in Gulf of Maine while regulators consider industry’s future
Cod fishing was once the backbone of the New England economy, but the fishery collapsed after years of overfishing and is vulnerable to environmental changes.
Looking Back on April 3
100 Years Ago: 1921 Dr. E. P. Goodrich of Lewiston, District Health Officer, is kept very busy these days. He returned Friday from a business trip which took him pretty well over the state, to find an urgent call waiting for him to go immediately to Stratton, where several cases of Scarlet Fever have broken out. He left […]