The small rise in case numbers comes as the public health agency investigates a COVID-19 outbreak among ambulance staff in Houlton.
June 2020
Posted inCommunity Sports
Local golf results
Apple Valley Wednesday, June 17 Ladies League results: A Flight: Net — Jo Albert 32; Flag Day — Jan Davis; B Flight: Net — Anne Legendre 26; Flag Day — Nancy Manley; C Flight: Net — Claudette Stewart 30; Flag Day — Ethel Landry; Overall: 50/50 — Claire Veilleux. Augusta Monday, June 15 Maine Seniors […]
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After campaign boasting, a smaller-than-anticipated crowd attends Trump rally
Teens on social media took credit for signing up for thousands of tickets with no intention of attending.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Aunt Jemima is off the pancake box
“I wish I knew how it would feel to be free” — Nina Simone, 1967 Here’s a knock-knock joke: “Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” “Aunt Jemima.” “Aunt Jemima who?” “Ain’t yo’ mama on the pancake box?” Okay, so you’re not laughing. But that joke killed in 1969 on the playground at Adams Junior High. What self-respecting […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Virus contributes to outbreak of consumer debt in Maine
With jobs lost and bills piling up, many Mainers face mounting household debt triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inMaine
Record dry weather in Portland region further complicates farming
The past month has seen less than a half-inch of rainfall, unprecedented for this time of year.
Posted inMaine
Maine has nation’s worst COVID-19 racial disparity
No other state has such a wide gap – more than 25 percentage points – between the size of the Black population and that community’s share of infections.
Posted inMaine, News
Masks may be required in Maine, but the rules are rarely enforced
A growing body of research suggests universal mask-wearing in public could dramatically reduce the spread of coronavirus. Getting people to comply is another matter.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: June 21
June 21, 1954: U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995), running for election to a second Senate term, defeats Robert L. Jones in a Republican primary election by a 5-to-1 margin, even though U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, a Wisconsin Republican noted for his accusations about communists infiltrating the federal government, surreptitiously backs Jones. Smith aide William […]
Posted inMaine, News
The Abyssinian and the struggle to save Black history in Maine
Leonard Cummings has led the effort to restore the Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland for 25 years; now he hopes that people show Black Lives Matter by helping to complete the project.