The league continues to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks and hopes to get its season back on track.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. CDC recommends shorter COVID-19 isolation, quarantine times
U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine
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Posted inNation & World
Jury signals verdict not near at Ghislaine Maxwell trial
The British socialite is charged with recruiting and grooming teenagers as young as 14 to be sexually assaulted by financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Portland’s Press Hotel sold to West Coast private equity firm
The high-end hotel opened in 2015 in the redeveloped former headquarters of the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Cumberland police to begin wearing body cameras
The Cumberland Police Department will also replace in-car cameras and Tasers, but probably not until next fall.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England, Times Record
Amtrak Downeaster bound for Brunswick strikes vehicle in Massachusetts
The train’s passengers were transferred to another train and some Amtrak service later in the day was canceled.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Kennebec County Correctional Facility reports 5 remaining COVID-19 cases, down from high of 32
The monthlong coronavirus outbreak at the jail in Augusta is now contained to one block.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year’s celebrations
New York City’s sweeping mandate requires nearly all businesses to bar unvaccinated employees from the workplace.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoinham teen missing for more than three months
Kayleigh Beasley was last seen at Mt. Ararat High School around 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 17.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine appeals ruling that allows out-of-state sellers of medical cannabis
The case appears to be the first of its kind to reach a federal appeals court, where the opinion could have ramifications in other states.