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DEATH TOLL EXCEEDS 1,000

Local & State

COVID-19 exacts a painful toll in Maine, shouldered largely by state’s eldest

Mainers 60 or older account for more than 91 percent of the state's 1,000-plus deaths.

Local & State

Some of the lives lost to COVID-19 in Maine

A 40-year-old BIW worker. A trail-blazing grandmother. A former Afghan general. Here are vignettes of 10 Mainers who died battling the coronavirus.
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Maine reports 614 new cases of COVID-19, 5 additional deaths

Dr. Nirav Shah, director of Maine CDC, will brief the media at 2 p.m. today

CMP touts customer service fixes in bid to lift state-imposed earnings penalty

Schools and Education

A $10 million gift, USM’s largest ever, will help build a new home for the music school

The donation to the project planned for the Portland campus comes from philanthropist Suzi Osher, in honor of her late husband.

Politics

Former Gov. Paul LePage plans rally to announce he’s running to get his old job back

Business

The Wrap: Thai Esaan closes indefinitely, and SoPo Seafood opens

Editorials

Our View: Maine can’t prove tax credit program works

Local & State Posted: 9:17 AM

Reward offered in unsolved Caribou homicide from 2015
Local & State Posted: 8:39 AM

Maine reports 614 new cases of COVID-19, 5 additional deaths
Columns Posted: 6:00 AM

Leonard Pitts: You can starve an ideal for only so long before you kill it
Local & State Posted: 4:00 AM

Some of the lives lost to COVID-19 in Maine
Business Posted: 4:00 AM

The Wrap: Thai Esaan closes indefinitely, and SoPo Seafood opens
Letters Posted: 4:00 AM

It’s worth getting vaccinated to avoid cost of COVID
Letters Posted: 4:00 AM

Cumberland County Jail inmate unfairly denied access to medications
Local & State Posted: 4:00 AM

COVID-19 exacts a painful toll in Maine, shouldered largely by state’s eldest
Editorials Posted: 4:00 AM

Another View: Withdrawal of ATF nomination shows just how powerful firearm lobby remains
Business Posted: 4:00 AM

CMP touts customer service fixes in bid to lift state-imposed earnings penalty
Columns Posted: 4:00 AM

Commentary: It’s time for Sen. Collins to support federal LGBTQ anti-bias protections
Maine Voices Posted: 4:00 AM

Maine Voices: The more things change, the more they stay the same – or do they?

MAINE COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER

Fully vaccinated

874,508

Percent of Maine population

65.06%

Sources: Maine CDC and U.S. Census Bureau.

Where can I get vaccinated?

Local & State

Reward offered in unsolved Caribou homicide from 2015
Nation & World

House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP
Lewiston-Auburn

Tip leads police to human remains at Lewiston landfill
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Section of I-295 in Portland to close for a weekend in October

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George Holliday, bystander who filmed police beating of Rodney King, dies of COVID-19
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‘She didn’t just disappear’: Fifty years later, missing Portland teen’s family aches for answers

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Nursing home staffing crisis challenges hospitals, disrupts families

Columns

Bill Nemitz: They ventured down the path of COVID-19 denial. Now they’re both dead.

CMP touts customer service fixes in bid to lift state-imposed earnings penalty

Central Maine Power says it has met or exceeded state-imposed customer service benchmarks and paid a record penalty of $10 million in revenue over 18 months.

The Wrap: Thai Esaan closes indefinitely, and SoPo Seafood opens

Portland to get a golf-themed sports bar and restaurant, Maine Lobster Week is underway, and a fermenting guru speaks

Former Gov. Paul LePage plans rally to announce he’s running to get his old job back

LePage, a Republican who served from 2011 to 2019, will formally announce his challenge of incumbent Gov. Janet Mills during a rally at the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday.