2021 – The Portland Press Herald

Auburn turns out to celebrate New Year’s Eve after COVID hiatus

Hundreds flocked to Festival Plaza on Friday night for music, food and fireworks.

About 2,000 people gathered for a bonfire and fireworks at Old Orchard Beach on New Year’s Eve to ring out a year fraught with uncertainty.

by STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press December 31, 2021December 31, 2021

The top-ranked Crimson Tide dominate the previously undefeated Bearcats in the Cotton Bowl, 27-6.

by JOHN LEICESTER and NICK PERRY Associated Press December 31, 2021

The mostly muted celebrations around the world usher in the fourth calendar year framed by the pandemic.

by Timothy Bella The Washington Post December 31, 2021

But there is hope of a swift decline in omicron like happened in southern Africa.

by News service report December 31, 2021December 31, 2021

DeMar DeRozan’s buzzer-beater lifts Chicago to its sixth straight win, 108-106.

by Jason Samenow, Jacob Feuerstein and Becky Bolinger The Washington Post December 31, 2021December 31, 2021

This historic and devastating blaze fits into a pattern toward more of them and more often.

by BRITTANY PETERSON, PATTY NIEBERG and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press December 31, 2021December 31, 2021

Tens of thousands of Coloradans driven from their neighborhoods by a wind-whipped wildfire are beginning to get a look at the damage done.

The eagle, one of only about 4,000 worldwide, is thousands of miles from its usual territory in Asia and Russia.

The ceremony will be livestreamed, with in-person attendance limited to the families of officials.