The state university system and some private schools are planning to welcome students back in person this fall, while also making contingency plans that include extended remote learning.
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Franklin County panel to elect selectmen to fill vacant slots
The Budget Advisory Committee has three vacant three-year terms. One in each of three districts.
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South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots.
Increasingly exasperated local leaders, public health experts and front-line medical workers have begged Kristi Noem to intervene.
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Figures show hundreds more coronavirus deaths in UK care homes
Hundreds more people with COVID-19 have died in Britain than have been recorded in the government’s daily tally, official figures show.
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Storms tear through South, killing at least 22, piling fresh misery on top of pandemic
Strong storms pounding the Deep South have killed at least 19 people in Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina.
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Federal spending makes more energy assistance available
Low-income residents who are sheltering in place will get more money to stay comfortable as temperatures transition to summer heat
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‘Out there for humankind’
Sewing Masks for Maine volunteers deliver 2,000 masks to health care providers.
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High school seniors cope with loss after school closes for rest of the year
The extended closures prompted by the pandemic rule out rites of passage like graduation, prom and other events that students look forward to all year.
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Maine inmate, about to be the first to earn a master’s degree in prison, asks for clemency
Brandon Brown, now 33, was convicted of attempted murder and has spent that last decade in prison. His fate now rests with Gov. Janet Mills.
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Query: The virus and your discoveries
So what have you found so far, as you’ve taken to cleaning and decluttering in the home-bound throes of COVID-19? Last week, I discovered an unopened 2010 Squirrel Stuff Calendar in the depths of a cupboard — and *bonus* it turns out the dates will be good again in 2021! (And yes, that’s a rare […]