The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
January 2021
Posted inMaine, News
Maine one of fastest states at giving vaccine; 700 new cases reported, 4 deaths
A total of 30,877 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered, according to the Maine CDC.
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Popular park pandemic project
One Cape Elizabeth resident has put the pandemic’s isolation to good use, creating a new scale model that captures a bygone era of Fort Williams.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: If we want a better new year, it’s all up to us
The calendar didn’t cause the catastrophes of 2020, and our problems weren’t magically solved when it turned to 2021.
Posted inFeatured Property, Real Estate
On the Market: Single family homes for sale in Midcoast Maine
Check out what three county’s median sales prices will get you at these listings in Maine’s Midcoast.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside Windham: Jan. 1
Windham teacher wins grand prize It was an early Christmas for Manchester School special education teacher Megan Juhase-Nehez and the school when she was chosen as the grand prize winner in the Dunkin’ Raise a Cup to Teachers sweepstakes. Juhase-Nehez was chosen from more than 6,000 sweepstakes nominations for a Dunkin’s grand prize of $5,000, […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
South Portland athletic director wins national award
SOUTH PORTLAND — For Todd Livingston, athletics have always been a major part of his life, so much so that sports motivated him to stay in school, even in college. “If it weren’t for sports I’m not so sure I would have made it,” Livingston said. But he did make it and now, in his […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Tens of thousands traveled for winter holiday in Maine
Despite bad winter weather and an unrelenting pandemic, thousands of drivers were on the Maine Turnpike last weekend.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Scarborough buys historic Masonic lodge building for $398,000
The Town Council voted to buy and renovate the Masonic lodge building at 649 Route 1 for $398,000.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Cape’s Maxwell Farm completes conservation deal
The 76-acre property is now preserved as working farmland in perpetuity, thanks to an easement paid for by the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and the Maine Farmland Trust.