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Maine struggles with testing shortage as COVID-19 surge is expected to intensify

The delta variant continues to drive a surge in cases and hospitalizations as Maine health officials closely watch the omicron variant, which was first detected in the U.S. Wednesday.

Portland City Council will discuss options for filling 3 vacant school board seats

A special election could be held as early as April to fill the three vacancies or the city could wait until the next regularly scheduled election in June.

Business

Lobstering union petitions U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Gulf of Maine closure

Local & State

Eliminating single-family zoning among ways to increase housing opportunity, state commission says

Bill Nemitz

For Cape Elizabeth, a public reckoning looms

Editorials

Our View: Maine won’t wait long for answers on clean energy, transmission lines

Events Posted: 9:43 AM

Maine Voices Live Waterville with Amanda Stent
Business Posted: 8:51 AM

U.S. employers added a sluggish 210,000 jobs in November
Local & State Posted: 8:48 AM

Maine reports 795 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 deaths
Nation & World Posted: 7:51 AM

WHO says measures used against delta should work for omicron
Nation & World Posted: 7:07 AM

Ukraine says Russia amassed over 94,000 troops at border
Bill Nemitz Posted: 4:00 AM

For Cape Elizabeth, a public reckoning looms
Letters Posted: 4:00 AM

Republicans’ accusations reveal their own transgressions
Toy Fund Posted: 4:00 AM

Young mother won’t lose hope, but asks for a little help
Letters Posted: 4:00 AM

Forgoing masks, vaccine robs others of freedom
Letters Posted: 4:00 AM

Portland missed chance to support Small Business Saturday
Real Estate Feature Posted: 4:00 AM

Have you considered retirement living?
Editorials Posted: 4:00 AM

Our View: Maine won’t wait long for answers on clean energy, transmission lines

MAINE COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER

Fully vaccinated

919,635

Percent of Maine population

68.41%

Sources: Maine CDC and U.S. Census Bureau

Where can I get vaccinated?

Health

U.S. is still battling delta variant, even as multiple omicron cases reported
Nation & World

Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
Cops & Courts

Long sentence, large debt for man who put razor blades in Hannaford pizza dough
Local & State

People can’t get COVID boosters in Maine because of staffing woes at drugstores
Local & State

Portland is trying out a new way to get community input
Times Record

Jonesport pumps brakes on launch site proposed by Brunswick rocket company
Schools and Education

Readfield-area school to add early release days to address warnings of teacher burnout
Business

U.S. unemployment claims rise despite rebounding job market
Toy Fund

Young mother won’t lose hope, but asks for a little help

TODAY'S LETTERS

Letters

Op-ed about opioid overprescribing rings true

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Actress who grew up in Waldo – without TV – now starring in a Hallmark Christmas movie

Food

Going out for a holiday get-together, with a little social distance

For Cape Elizabeth, a public reckoning looms

The town's proposed affordable housing project may be history, but a revealing referendum remains.

OPEC+ sticks to modest boost in oil output despite omicron

The pace has frustrated the United States and other oil-consuming nations as gasoline prices rise.

Democrats may lean into abortion issue as Supreme Court weighs future of Roe v. Wade

The high court heard oral arguments Wednesday to a challenge of a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, which directly confronts the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.