December 2021
Posted inForecaster Sports
Cheverus Stags Winter Sports Preview
BOYS’ BASKETBALL Coach: Richie Ashley (first year) 2019-20 results: 4-15 (Lost, 61-46, to Deering in Class AA North quarterfinals) 2020-21 results: 2-8 (no postseason, COVID) Top returning player: Seth Huntington (Senior) Pivotal games: Dec. 14 DEERING, Dec. 21 PORTLAND, Jan. 4 SCARBOROUGH, Jan. 6 @ Deering, Jan. 8 @ Portland, Jan. 25 @ Windham, Feb. […]
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Investigators probe fire at Litchfield turnpike garage that caused millions of dollars in damages
Firefighters from at least 16 fire departments responded to the fire Thursday that burned down a wooden eight-bay garage at the Maine Turnpike Authority’s Litchfield facility.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Past COVID-19 infection may not fend off omicron variant, study suggests
Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious, as some health authorities suspect, whether it makes people more seriously ill, and whether it can thwart the vaccine.
Posted inMaine
Company fined for spilling plastic debris into Penobscot Bay
The debris was on the way from Ireland to a Maine incinerator last year when it was dropped into the bay while being unloaded from a vessel.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Roe ‘settled’ law? Justices’ earlier assurances now in doubt
Maine Sen. Susan Collins was among those assured, during his confirmation to the Supreme Court, that Brett Kavanaugh considered a woman’s right to an abortion to be ‘settled law,’ yet this week he suggested the court could upend that.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
USM to start search for new president
The university system said it plans to interview finalists in March and pick the new president by April to replace Glenn Cummings.
Posted inNation & World
Maxwell jury to see video of notorious Epstein home
Jurors at the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell are expected to see a law enforcement videotape of the Florida estate where prosecutors say she and financier Jeffrey Epstein exploited underage victims.
Posted inNation & World, News
Parents of Michigan suspect are charged with involuntary manslaughter in school shooting
A prosecutor says James and Jennifer Crumbley made a gun available to their 15-year-old son and resisted removing him from school when they were summoned there hours before he used the gun to kill 4 and wound 7 others.
Posted inEvents
Watch: Maine Voices Live Waterville with the director of Artificial Intelligence at Colby College.
A virtual conversation with the director of Artificial Intelligence at Colby College.