Myles Garrett tested positive on Friday and remains on the COVID list.
2020
Jay approves timeline for developing 2021-22 budgets
No trash, recyclables collection on Thursday.
Maine records $1.4 million in recreational cannabis sales in first month
The average sale during an inaugural month limited by supply shortages and in-store purchase limits was about $66, state records show.
Read Your Mind series explores mental health issues in teen books
“The Stepping Off Place” by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum will be the focus of this month’s Read Your Mind virtual book discussion series on Wednesday, Nov. 25. The Read Your Mind series is focused on teen mental health and wellness featuring young adult authors and community health experts exploring complex and common health concerns through the […]
King to remain in Senate as Biden plans to nominate former CIA official for intelligence post
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate the first woman to serve as director of national intelligences, former CIA deputy director Avril Haines.
Biden builds out national security team and wants John Kerry to lead climate effort
Avril Haines is expected to be nominated as director of national intelligence, a job for which Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, was under consideration.
Jared Golden backs Trump bid to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan
Maine’s 2nd Congressional District representative, a combat veteran, said it’s “time to bring our armed forces home.”
Flu shot requirement for Maine health care workers meets resistance from some nurses
The rule proposed by the Maine CDC could pave the way for COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health care workers in an emergency.
Letters from elderly dad are only thinly veiled criticisms
DEAR ABBY: I could use some advice on the best response to my 89-year-old father’s letters. He cleverly inserts insults into them without writing anything for which he could be criticized. For example, he has always talked about how he hates fat people. I am very overweight. My father sends me letters talking about how […]
Query: What are you going to be doing on Black Friday?
The pandemic has already forced major retailers to rethink how they are handling Black Friday. How about you? Are you still going to get in line so you can be one of the first shoppers through the doors at midnight? Are any of your Black Friday traditions still an option? If you run a local […]