Major League Baseball, which has taken over operation of the minors, gave notice to minor league teams and big league clubs on Monday. The Portland Sea Dogs play in the Double-A Eastern League.
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Posted inNation / World, Politics
As lawmakers wait for order to be restored, GOP asks Trump loyalists to abandon election challenge, sources say
As they wait out the Capitol siege in an undisclosed location, Republican leaders and members are pleading with Trump’s staunchest defenders to end their objection of the electoral college results.
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Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Valeri Rykov helps Twin City Thunder win first game in the Hub City
Junior hockey: Valeri Rykov, who joined the Thunder in December, had a pair of goals in the Twin City Thunder’s overtime win over the Islanders Hockey Club.
Posted inNation / World, News
Media captures unprecedented storming of U.S. Capitol
Stunning scenes of President Trump’s supporters storming the Capitol played out in searing fashion on national television.
Posted inNation / World
Some Americans won’t get $600 stimulus until they file their 2020 taxes
While the IRS is getting more of the money out faster than it did in 2020, the agency is facing mounting public criticism for delaying stimulus payments for some.
Posted inSports
Midcoast pickleballers take their game outside and into the cold
With indoor restrictions in place, a group of players compete on outdoor courts in Brunswick to stay active.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine historians see unprecedented event in storming of U.S. Capitol
The breach of the Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists is more in line with coups that have occurred in other, less stable countries.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
COVID-19 outbreak closes 2 churches in Mechanic Falls and Norway
Six people have tested positive, prompting Our Lady of Ransom and its sister church, St. Catherine of Sienna in Norway, to shut down.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Men’s Ice Hockey: UMaine looks to make improvements on defense
Black Bears have committed 29 penalties, 21 goals in first four games, including a 9-5 loss to UMass-Lowell on Monday.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Uncategorized
Maine’s members of Congress respond: ‘This doesn’t happen. It’s America.’
The state’s senators and representatives condemn the Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, halting the certification of the results of the November election.