Since March, Jim Klesitz, his husband, James Caplinger, both of Bryant Pond, and retired English teacher Bonnie Pooley have been preparing and delivering meals for seniors in need, with funding coming primarily from community donations.
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Jack Weeks’ mobility was taken away; his positive attitude wasn’t
A diving accident at a Delaware beach in June left the 16-year-old from Portland paralyzed from the neck down. Surrounded by loved ones at his new home in Gorham, his grip on hope endures.
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Maine police union group to start legal defense fund for officers
It’s partly in response to the killing of George Floyd in May at the hands of Minneapolis police, as well as the widespread social uprisings and scrutiny of police conduct that followed.
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Sidelines: With this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, voters can make things right
Bonds, Clemens and Ramirez have belonged in the Hall, and it’s time for them to get in, Drew Bonifant writes.
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Mercy, Mid Coast, MaineGeneral, EMMC hit new highs for COVID-19 inpatients
The burden shot upward at EMMC after a lull but flattened at Maine Med, SMHC and CMMC.
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Québec First Nations assert CMP’s corridor will trample ancestral lands
A coalition of three Québec First Nations are asserting that the hydropower to be transmitted through Central Maine Power’s New England Clean Energy Connect would be generated without their consent or consultation.
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Massachusetts vaccine signup site crashes amid demand from health workers
Health care workers for the state’s largest hospital system were temporarily blocked from using the system to schedule their vaccinations.
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Indiana estate representative offers valuable paintings as collateral for $5 million loan
In court documents, James Brannan of Rockland said the money is needed to pay legal bills, but art scholars and the late artist’s friends condemn the move made a day after Brannan agreed to not sell any more artworks.
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Truck loaded with gasoline slides into ditch in Gorham
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and contractors worked into Thursday evening to keep the fuel from spilling.
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2nd COVID-19 vaccine set for OK in US with panel endorsement
A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine.