Local & State
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Bill Nemitz: When the mail slowed, Maine postal workers picked up their whistles
Without front-line workers willing to sound the alarm, the postal service crisis may have gone undetected far longer.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Lobstermen catch break on diesel engine standards
U.S. lobster fishery is exempt from new standards until cleaner-running lobster boat engines are available on the commercial market.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Judge: Lobstering can proceed until new right whale protections are finalized in May
Environmental groups had asked the court to ban vertical buoys from a large right whale feeding ground south of Nantucket, but the federal judge declined to do so.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Portland school board adopts hybrid reopening plan
The board votes against an amendment that would have allowed high school students to attend in-person classes two days a week when schools reopen Sept. 14.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Oakland-based school district approves reopening after teachers’ union rep calls plan ‘not safe’
As Regional School Unit 18 prepares to reopen for classroom instruction five days a week, Nancy Mitchell, co-president of the RSU 18 Education Association, warns it is "not possible to do this safely"
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Maine’s charter bus companies say they are on verge of collapse
With high overhead and almost no revenue, the companies are pinning their hopes on a federal bailout that may not come.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Augusta area sewage testing suggests low prevalence of coronavirus
So far only one sample of wastewater, out of eight, taken weekly from the Greater Augusta Utility District's treatment plant has tested positive for detectable amounts of coronavirus.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars
Several Maine poultry farms have received shipments of hundreds of chicks that died while being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, either because the shipments were delayed or mishandled.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Cement truck overturns in South Portland, injuring driver, shutting access ramp
The off-ramp that is blocked leads from the South Portland Maine Turnpike extension to Broadway.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Litchfield man killed in New Gloucester truck crash
Police say Richard Parent, 67, died when his truck crashed Wednesday morning on Route 100.
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