No successor is named with the delayed Olympics less than six months away and a rising public sentiment against the games.
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: The hidden story of when two Black U-Maine students were tarred and feathered
One cold April night in 1919, at around 2 a.m., a mob of 60 rowdy white students at the University of Maine surrounded the dorm room of Samuel and Roger Courtney in Hannibal Hamlin Hall. The mob planned to attack the two Black brothers from Boston in retaliation for what a newspaper article described at […]
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Posted inNation & World
Biden administration to start processing asylum seekers forced by Trump to ‘Remain in Mexico’
Before Trump took office, asylum seekers and others applying for protection in the U.S. were generally allowed to wait with family in the states for their hearings.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Should you get a COVID antibody test before being vaccinated?
The bottom line is that antibody testing “for the purposes of vaccine decision-making” is not advisable.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Kennebunk streetlight conversion hits snag
It turns out the town doesn’t own the lights; Select board hopes to work out a resolution with KLPD.
Posted inCoastal Journal
Bath Tech students filling a pandemic void at Midcoast senior center
A partnership with Mid Coast Senior Health Center gives the school’s CNA students practical experience and the center some much-needed caregivers.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine’s richest scallop fishing grounds closed for year
There will also be a partial closure of western Casco Bay.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump lawyers argue impeachment is based on ‘hatred,’ not facts
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine asked Trump’s lawyers to detail what the president did to stop the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, and when Trump first learned the building had been breached.
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What happens when you quit smoking?
Becoming completely tobacco-free, including smoking, vaping or other tobacco use, is the best thing you can do for your health.
Posted inMaine
Waterville police officer fatally shoots ‘knife-wielding’ Hartland man on highway
The state Attorney General’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of Eric J. Porter, 32, of Hartland by Waterville police Officer Paul Heath, after authorities responded to call at a hotel parking lot.