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Maine schools stick to in-person instruction as coronavirus numbers rise
COVID cases are increasing in schools, but officials say they have seen little evidence of transmission in school buildings and plan to continue offering in-person learning as long as it's safe.
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Local & State 9:33 AM
Maine reports 290 more COVID-19 cases, with 4 additional deaths
The high total comes just one day after Maine set a single-day record for new cases.
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State blows the whistle on basketball club’s plan to play before virus rules permit
Maine Hoops, the state's largest organizer of club sport basketball games, plans to start games Dec. 18 – weeks before they are allowed under state guidelines.
BATTLING THE CORONAVIRUS
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Nation & World
Former presidents say they would get vaccine publicly to boost confidence
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Nation & World
The Latest: Are layovers riskier than long-haul flights during the pandemic? Here’s what doctors say.
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Local & State
Federal and state officials don’t explain discrepancy in Maine’s first vaccine shipment
Business
Portland workers intervene in lawsuit against new hazard pay ordinance
Employees of a grocery store filed a motion to intervene in a suit seeking to strike down part of an ordinance raising the minimum wage for some workers during emergencies.
Politics
Momentum builds for $908 billion aid package as more Republicans express support
Senators including Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate finance committee, signal their openness to the package proposed by a group including Maine's Susan Collins and Angus King.
Business
System crash shuts down state business grant program on its first day
A state official says the application website for a $40 million aid program to tourism and hospitality businesses was closed Thursday and applicants can reapply Friday.
Local & State
Number of wells in Fairfield tainted with ‘forever chemicals’ up to 18; DEP expands testing
Editorials
Our View: Esports shows gaming can be more than idle activity
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Nation & World Posted: 9:56 AM
Direct flights are better for avoiding coronavirus, doctors say with one exception
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Local & State Posted: 9:13 AM
Gideon donates $350,000 in leftover campaign funds to Maine nonprofits
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Business Posted: 9:05 AM
U.S. employers add a modest 245,000 jobs as virus intensifies
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Business Posted: 9:00 AM
COVID misinformation sites using tools from Google, Facebook and Apple, report finds
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Local & State Posted: 8:24 AM
Maine reports 290 more COVID-19 cases, with 4 additional deaths
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Nation & World Posted: 7:59 AM
The Latest: Are layovers riskier than long-haul flights during the pandemic? Here’s what doctors say.
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Bicentennial Posted: 4:00 AM
On this date in Maine history: Dec. 4
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Editorials Posted: 4:00 AM
Our View: Esports shows gaming can be more than idle activity
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Schools and Education Posted: 4:00 AM
Maine schools stick to in-person instruction as coronavirus numbers rise
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Letters Posted: 4:00 AM
A different way of looking at the 2020 voter breakdown
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Local & State Posted: 4:00 AM
Federal and state officials don’t explain discrepancy in Maine’s first vaccine shipment
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Local & State Posted: 4:00 AM
Families are stressed, but toy fund gives hope
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Local & State
Twenty deaths, 219 new cases reported as coronavirus rages across Maine
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Local & State
Maine looks ahead to 12,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine within weeks
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Local & State
Maine’s federal allocation of vaccine falls far short, Mills says
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Local & State
Maine CDC reports record 346 new COVID-19 cases, 2 additional deaths
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Local & State
Tens of thousands wait for power to be restored after storm pummels Maine
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Health care
As virus surges, Maine hospitals hold their own, Maine Med feels stress
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Local & State
Mills in quarantine because of contact with presumed case of COVID-19
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Times Record
COVID-19 cases mount at Bath shipyard
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Politics
Collins, King part of group calling for $908 billion coronavirus relief package
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Local & State
Mainers find silver linings, even in these worst of times
November 30
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Local & State
Press Herald to partner with Boston Globe on Spotlight project
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Nation & World
Trump aide banned from Justice Department after trying to get sensitive info
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Local & State
Gideon donates $350,000 in leftover campaign funds to Maine nonprofits
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Business
U.S. employers add a modest 245,000 jobs as virus intensifies
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Local & State
Coast Guard says distress call reporting a sinking fishing boat was a hoax
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Local & State
Families are stressed, but toy fund gives hope
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Bicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Dec. 4
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Nation & World
Vaccines offer hope for end to pandemic, but brutal months lie ahead
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Business
Thousands more Mainers apply for unemployment
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Nation & World
Among first acts, Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing
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Times Record
Trump threatens to veto defense bill that would benefit BIW
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Nation & World
U.S. to reduce staff at Baghdad embassy amid regional tensions
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Arts & Entertainment
Warner Bros. to release all its 2021 films on HBO Max and in theaters
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Nation & World
Chinese spacecraft carrying lunar rocks lifts off from moon
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Nation & World
Fatal shooting of Black teen roils liberal town in Oregon
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Boston Bruins
Report: Bruins looking at possibility of playing home games outdoors
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Number of wells in Fairfield tainted with ‘forever chemicals’ up to 18; DEP expands testing
The Department of Environmental Protection is now retesting water supplies in Fairfield for other chemicals in order to design carbon filter systems for the wells that have been contaminated.
COVID misinformation sites using tools from Google, Facebook and Apple, report finds
Oxford University researchers studied 120 websites supporting protests against government health restrictions or spread misleading information about false cures, fake charities or misleading health advice.
Momentum builds for $908 billion aid package as more Republicans express support
Senators including Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate finance committee, signal their openness to the package proposed by a group including Maine's Susan Collins and Angus King.
Celtics notebook: Thompson says his experience can take Tatum and Celtics ‘to a whole different level’
Newly acquired center Tristan Thompson thinks winning a title with LeBron James will help him elevate the play of Jayson Tatum.
Brunswick boys soccer team rallies around teammate who was diagnosed with cancer
Sophomore Luke Vazdauskas leans on strong support system as he progresses through Lymphoma treatment.
Our View: Esports shows gaming can be more than idle activity
Twelve Maine high schools are fielding teams in the first year, and finding out that it is helping kids connect to one another.
Scratch Baking temporarily closed after positive COVID test
Other staff members at the South Portland bakery are being tested.
Maine Voices Live Waterville: Jacqueline Terrassa
Tune in Tuesday, Nov. 24th at 7 p.m. for a chat with the new director of the Colby College Art Museum.
Press Play: Listen to ‘Yes Regrets’ by The Worst
The song features guest horn player Dana Colley from Morphine.
Sanford man dies in Arundel crash
Michael Mackie Jr., 22, was alone in the vehicle, the York County Sheriff said.
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