The sheer number of coats received surprised organizers – but the generosity didn’t.
2021
Posted inTimes Record
Suspected rabid fox shot after biting at children, fighting with dog in Phippsburg
According to Norman Turner, Phippsburg animal control officer, the fox had porcupine quills in its mouth, a common sign the animal was rabid.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Former Scarborough Downs racetrack to become mass-vaccination site
Officials at MaineHealth said the grandstand of the former harness racing track will be retrofitted to handle at least 1,000 vaccinations daily – if there’s enough vaccine.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland City Council condemns bigotry in resolution
The city council voiced support for Portland residents and one South Portland resident who received letters containing homophobic and threatening language.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Buttigieg to push big infrastructure bill to boost economy
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg will tell a Senate panel Thursday that he hopes to help the Biden administration shepherd through Congress a massive investment in infrastructure, calling it the key to helping regrow the economy. “Infrastructure can be the cornerstone of all this,” he is expected to say in testimony prepared for […]
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Some high schools waste no time in going from ‘yellow’ to practices
Other schools in southern Maine are still weighing their decisions after the MPA announced that local districts can decide whether to resume sports.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick holding special election Saturday
Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town hall to elect a District 6 town councilor.
Posted inNation & World
Judge chides suspected Pelosi laptop thief: ‘The Constitution prevails here today’
Williams faces two felony charges punishable by decades in prison, as well as two misdemeanors, according to charging documents.
Posted inNation & World
Biden proposes 5-year extension of nuclear treaty with Russia set to expire in weeks
The treaty is the last remaining agreement constraining U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, and the proposed extension is being communicated to Russia, an official says.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Vatican convicts its former bank chief of embezzling millions
The trial was significant given that it showed a willingness by the Vatican to prosecute its own for shady business deals that have long characterized the Holy See’s murky finances.