The board voted unanimously to support the decision to not administer the annual test this year over concerns about logistics and the value of the testing data during the pandemic.
January 2021
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Work on Keystone XL pipeline suspended before Biden revoked permit
The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry roughly 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow climate change as he signs series of executive orders
President Biden will rejoin the world climate accord and start undoing his predecessor’s rollbacks of climate-related regulations.
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QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends: ‘We all got played’
Many QAnon adherents – some of whom had stormed the Capitol in a siege that left at least two QAnon devotees dead and others in jail – began to wonder whether they’d been duped all along.
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Biden takes over POTUS Twitter account, inheriting blank slate from Trump
The account he took over at midday Wednesday started with more than 955,000 followers, those who had followed his transition account.
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Dolores Lajoie
SACO — Dolores M. Lajoie, 83, of Biddeford, Maine, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Dolores was born on June 25, 1937, daughter of the late Oscar and Marie Bernier. Dolores, known by everyone as Dolly, graduated from St. Andre’s High School and soon after […]
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Italian police find stolen copy of da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’
The painting of Jesus Christ was taken from a Naples church without the priests even realizing it was gone.
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Australian Open players and others in quarantine accused of feeding mice in their rooms
One player even sends out video proof that players in quarantine are not necessarily alone, and get chastised for making the problem even worse.
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The inside story of Bernie Sanders’ ‘grumpy chic’ inauguration mittens
The mittens, made from repurposed wool sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles, have a story, of course.
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Anti-hotel group says it will keep fighting despite recent loss
The Board of Appeals last week affirmed the Planning Board’s decision that Hotel Bridgton’s site plan meets the standards of an environmental protection ordinance.