The Island Explorer did not run at all in 2020, but will be back shuttling visitors around the park beginning in June.
2020
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Analysis: Can Mike Pence stop Joe Biden from becoming president?
The vice president will preside over Congress’s Jan. 6 confirmation of results that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but his role is administrative.
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Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Top sports stories of 2020: No. 2 — Oxford Hills girls, Edward Little and Winthrop boys rule high school basketball again
The Vikings, Red Eddies and Ramblers proved winning is as good, if not better, the second time around.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime
Gunshot victim recovering after argument in Dallas Plantation
A Massachusetts man is charged; gun recovered.
Posted inNation / World
Wisconsin health-care worker ‘intentionally’ ruined more than 500 vaccine doses, hospital says
The hospital fires the employee, and local and federal authorities are now investigating.
Posted inNation / World, News
Was 2020 the worst year ever? Historians weigh in.
Apparently, it’s not even close.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
U.S. jobless claims down 19,000, still 4 times pre-pandemic level
Employers continue to cut jobs as rising coronavirus infections keep many people at home and state and local governments re-impose restrictions.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine orders more vaccine, ends 2020 with some of the year’s highest COVID-19 numbers yet
The state reports 13 deaths and 702 more cases Thursday, and says it hopes to expand vaccinations to some private medical practices and assisted-living centers next week.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Another 3,300 Mainers apply for unemployment aid
The Maine Department of Labor says payments may be delayed but there will be no break in benefits under extended federal programs.
Posted inMaine, News
Quick-thinking kayaker helps corral free-swimming goat
A Belfast goat balked at going to the vet, went on the lam and swam with the fishes.