Both Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, contracted COVID-19 earlier this year and recovered.
July 2020
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Campaign spending against CMP corridor referendum soars
Campaigns supported by Central Maine Power and Hydro-Quebec have spent nearly $17 million to fight a referendum intended to scuttle CMP’s corridor project.
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Posted inMaine, News
Federal, state agencies investigate death of piping plover chick, destruction of nest enclosures
Nesting enclosures in Saco and Old Orchard Beach were destroyed on the night of July 4, resulting in the death of a federally protected chick.
Posted inNation / World
U.S. notifies UN it will withdraw from World Health Organization
The move won’t take effect until next year, meaning it could be rescinded under a new administration, or if circumstances change.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Lawsuit accuses jail guards of using racial slur, assaulting Black inmate
The plaintiff has sued the officer who allegedly pepper sprayed him in the face and pinned him against a table.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Red Sox announce Rodriguez, Dalbec test positive for coronavirus
Boston now has a total of four players with positive COVID-19 tests after Josh Taylor and Darwinzon Hernandez tested positive last week.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Facebook CEO to meet with civil rights groups as hundreds of companies join ad boycott
Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg placed the meetings in the context of ongoing protests and calls to root out racism in the United States.
Posted inFranklin, News
Phillips man injured in Tuesday morning crash
The car struck a pole on Main Street, throwing the driver into the windshield, police say.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Knapp retiring after 23 years as CMCC president
Scott Knapp has led Central Maine Community College in Auburn since 1997, the longest-serving college president in Maine.
Posted inNation / World
Trump’s worldview forged by neglect and trauma at home, his niece says in new book
The publisher said it had already shipped thousands of copies, and it moved the publication to July 14, two weeks ahead of the original schedule.