So, I was assigned to cover a meeting last week and when I got there, I realized I didn’t have a notebook. End of the world, right? Five years ago, maybe. Five years ago, showing up at a meeting, event or downtown rumble would have sent me into panic mode. I would have frantically dialed […]
2020
Posted inNation / World, News
Deaths from virus rise to 132 in China as foreigners leave
Countries began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000.
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Posted inMaine
TV viewers who use antenna may need to rescan channels, according to FCC
Residents between Portland and Auburn will see frequency changes starting March 13 for WCSH-TV, WPXT-TV and WMEA-TV.
Posted inFranklin
RSU 9 directors approve budget process, calendar
The Regional School Unit 9 budget committee will begin the budgeting process Feb. 26. The committee is expected to present a draft budget for 2020-21 to the school board in April.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
National group advises Maine to invest in community services to reduce juvenile incarcerations
Preliminary findings by the Center for Children’s Law and Policy show that 53% of detained youths were held because the state lacked alternative places to house them safely.
Posted inLocal Sports, Maine colleges, Sports
UMF hires Sean Cabaniss as track, cross country coach
2017 UMaine-Farmington graduate was a co-founder of the track program before it became a varsity sport.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: New England’s longtime offensive line coach retires
It’s actually the second retirement for Dante Scarnecchia, who started with the Patriots in 1982 and has coached the offensive line since 2000.
Posted inMaine, News, Oxford Hills
Driver injured when MDOT plow truck slides off Route 26 in Upton
Paul Merrill, spokesman for the Maine department of Transportation, said the truck was southbound Sunday on Route 26 in Upton when it went off the road, down an embankment and into trees.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Bloomberg campaign sent inaccurate mailing, says Maine secretary of state
Matthew Dunlap says the presidential candidate’s mailing suggested that any voter can cast a ballot in the Democratic primary March 3. That’s not true.