The cases come as most students prepare to move in next week, and as colleges around the country are trying to stop coronavirus outbreaks on campus.
2020
Posted inMaine, Politics
Ex-President George W. Bush backs Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins
His endorsement is a welcome boost for Collins, who is waging her most difficult campaign yet as she seeks a fifth term.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Camden Hills becomes first Maine high school to opt out of fall sports
In a Facebook post, school administrators cite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak for pulling out of interscholastic sports.
Posted inObituaries
Heidi Lynn Hewins
ESSEX, Vt. – Heidi Lynn Hewins, 57, died unexpectedly at her home in Essex, Vermont on Saturday, August 15, 2020.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Fake newspaper touts its stories in social media ads aim to bolster Jared Golden, other congressional Democrats
Deceptive news site has spent at least $50K this year advertising its stories to help the Maine congressman win reelection.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine homes sales, out-of-state purchases increase in July
Homes also got more expensive, with the median sales price increasing by nearly 11 percent from a year earlier to $254,900.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Convicted killer at Riverview Psychiatric Center pleads guilty to escape
Mark Ian Gessner, who was acquitted at trial on charges that he threatened his father while out of Riverview on a two-hour pass in 2018, pleaded guilty to escape in connection to that incident.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
With new precautions, Market Basket opens in Westbrook
Shoppers who visited the chain’s second store in Maine on its first morning said they felt safe inside.
Posted inNation / World
Barr says he’s ‘vehemently opposed’ to pardoning Snowden
President Trump has said he would ‘look at’ whether to pardon the former National Security Agency contractor charged with disclosing details of highly classified government surveillance programs.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland house heavily damaged by fire
The home’s single occupant made it out of the house uninjured and firefighters rescued a cat.