The Fryeburg Fair organizers announced Monday it will not be in operation this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Our first priority is to protect the health and safety of our community as well as the thousands of visitors who come to our rural town and fairgrounds each year,” the organizers wrote on their Facebook […]
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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Twitter adds another warning to a Trump tweet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump’s tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform’s rules about “glorifying violence.” Trump, a prolific Twitter user, has been at war with the company since earlier this week, when it for the first time applied fact checks to two of […]
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Trump says Twitter is trying to ‘silence’ conservatives. His growing number of followers suggests otherwise.
President Trump’s personal Twitter account gains about 55,000 followers each day, data show.
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How to understand Obamagate
Obamagate is the latest conspiracy theory to be pushed by US president, Donald Trump. It started on the morning of May 10, when Trump retweeted the word “OBAMAGATE!” By the next day, the Obamagate hashtag had accrued over two million tweets and another four million by the end of the week. Trump has repeatedly reused the slogan on his […]
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Fact Check: Trump vs. voting fraud and the Deep State
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump doesn’t like the message, he shoots the messenger. So it was this past week when he took very personally a scientific study that should give pause to anyone thinking of following Trump’s lead and ingesting a potentially risky drug for the coronavirus. He branded the study’s researchers, financed in part […]
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Why Trump is mad at Twitter
The social media site has slapped a warning label on the president’s tweets about voter fraud.
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VIDEO: Chick-a-Dee owner explains his frustration that restaurant can’t open
Bill Hird, owner of Chick-a-Dee of Lewiston, called it “horrible news.”
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Why public bathrooms are a stumbling block for reopening
Concern about catching the coronavirus in germ-ridden public bathrooms keeps some people home, and could be a major issue for concerts, sporting events, movies, schools.
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How to stay safe from coronavirus while eating out
As restaurants and bars reopen to the public, it’s important to realize that eating out will increase your risk of exposure to the new coronavirus.
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How do you stay safe now that states are reopening?
An expert explains how to assess risk when reconnecting with friends and family.