Closed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the race track quietly opened in mid-June.
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Photos: Black Lives Matter protest calls for police reforms
About 100 people peacefully fully protested for BLM and police reforms in Augusta Sunday.
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The Latest: Florida sets 1-week record of nearly 500 coronavirus deaths
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida set a one-week record of nearly 500 confirmed coronavirus deaths. The state health department reported 96 new deaths Saturday, bringing the total for the week to 496 or an average of nearly 71 per day. A record 120 deaths were reported Thursday. Three weeks ago, Florida’s weekly average for deaths […]
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Number of COVID-19 patients in Maine hospitals hits lowest level since March
Hospitals in the hardest-hit counties see modest declines as a welcome lull continues into a sixth week.
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New trail system for ATV riders
ROXBURY — Saturday at 10 a.m., the Roxbury ATV Riders will be opening up a brand new trail. The trail begins at the Roxbury ATV Riders Park and Ride off Route 120 in Roxbury and ends at the Beliveau Road in Rumford. ATVer’s will be able to ride from Roxbury to Rumford, Woodstock, Peru, Dixfield, Byron, Andover, […]
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Speeding traffic on Route 2 discussed
BETHEL – At Monday’s meeting, Selectmen talked about possibly drafting a letter to the Maine Department of Transportation about coming up to do a study on a section of Route 2. The town discussed having the 40-mile-per-hour speed limit sign moved from its current location near the Good Food Store closer to River View Hotel, […]
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United sending layoff notices to nearly half of U.S. employees
The airline says that it will offer early retirement benefits and that furloughing 36,000 employees in October is a worst-case scenario.
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Portland mayor, city councilors denounce violence against police
Their statement comes after shots were fired into the police parking garage late Sunday night and officers were targeted by fireworks in Kennedy Park.
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Supreme Court sides with Trump in birth control opt-out, job discrimination cases
The ruling in 2 cases could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception and tens of thousands of people with no way to sue for job discrimination.
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Jail staff followed rules in pepper spraying mentally ill inmates, corrections department says
But the advocate who sought the review says it makes no mention of accommodations for such inmates as required by law.