The deal comes during a week when the country is focused on the deaths of 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, at the hands of an 18-year-old white man.
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Board hires principal, assistant principal for Buckfield, Rumford high schools
Principal Troy Eastman will lead Buckfield Junior-Senior High School; Assistant Principal Craig Milledge will serve Mountain Valley High School.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police: Readfield man arrested after allegedly punching woman, breaking facial bones
The victim required immediate eye surgery due to fractured orbital bones and a broken nose from the alleged assault, police said.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
A third of the nation should consider wearing masks again, officials say
Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are putting more of the country, including the Northeast, under guidelines that call for masking and other infection precautions.
Posted inSports
U.S. Soccer equalizes pay in landmark agreement with women, men
The American soccer national governing body is the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine’s COVID hospitalizations remain near 3-month high
The state reported 225 patients are hospitalized statewide, a slight drop from 231 on Tuesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Video: Strong winds fuel woods fire Wednesday in Auburn
Firefighters from several communities battled a wind-whipped woods fire Wednesday afternoon off Perkins Ridge Road. Nearly three hours after the blaze was brought under control, flames flared up again in a nearby area.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Wife denies shooting co-worker in New Hampshire beheading case
Britany Barron says her husband, Armando Barron, who is on trial for the killing, choked and punched her and eventually put his gun into her mouth that night.
Posted inBusiness, News
Gas prices pass $4 per gallon in every U.S. state for the first time
Nationally, the average cost for a gallon of gas was $4.52 on Tuesday.