Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.
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Posted inNation & World
Omicron dominant in wastewater samples in Florida county that is home to theme parks
The omicron variant has quickly surpassed the delta variant in collections taken from wastewater sampling sites in Orange County, Florida.
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Workers sue Kentucky candle factory razed by tornado
The lawsuit accuses the company of violating state occupational safety and health workplace standards by keeping its staff at work despite the danger of death and injury.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Reclassification of 60 RSU 21 ed techs helps ease impact of shortage, leaders say
The employees will see a pay increase of about 20 percent, according to school board chair Art LeBlanc.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Richmond committee restarts, eyes November vote on withdrawal from school district
Committee to try again on withdrawal from Regional School Unit 2 and hopes to have question on next November’s ballot.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Press Play: Listen to ‘Walking in the Air’ by Jamie Colpoys
Jamie Colpoys is a trombone player and longtime member of the big band The Fogcutters. She also joined rock band Rustic Overtones a couple of years ago. Colpoys also occasionally delves into her own music and just released a cover of the song “Walking in the Air” from the 1982 British short film “The Snowman.” […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, Nation & World, New England
South Portland man among 21 charged in alleged multistate cocaine, fentanyl ring
Authorities say the operation was based in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and sold drugs in retail and allegedly wholesale quantities.
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Brunswick, Wiscasset airports each receive $159K in federal funds
32 Maine airports will split $14.7 million — part of a $1 trillion federal infrastructure improvement plan.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Only 27% of Republicans accept Biden as the rightful winner
Many GOP officeholders and some of the biggest voices in conservative media still cling to the notion the election was stolen from Donald Trump.
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Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
The U.S. cites raw cotton, gloves, tomato products, silicon and viscose, fishing gear and a range of components in solar energy as among the affected goods.