Cape school board approves pandemic plan, details in limbo

The school board gave permission for the district to implement a framework, but the final details still need to be worked out.

Here’s Something: Rise from your foxholes, teachers

Democrats maintain large lead in voter registration in Maine

Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.

Bill Nemitz: What day is it? Welcome to ‘Blursday’

For many amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like the hands on the clock have stopped moving.

Ballot delivery not an ‘acute’ concern for Maine’s top election official

Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.

Bill Nemitz: It’s no longer just ‘helping the kids with their homework’

As another anything-but-normal school year looms, parents and guardians need to reach out for help – and give themselves a break.

Pandemic brews stormy weather for local lobstermen

The economic fallout from plummeting demand and prices is producing the worst conditions local lobster fishermen have seen in years, and the peak season is only just beginning.

Westbrook Scout’s garden grows with new purpose

Charles Spinney's garden at the Scarborough Veterans' Home is accessible to all residents, just in time for it to take on a bigger role in light of the pandemic.

The Universal Notebook: Closed until further notice

Pandemic likely to cost Maine cities and towns over $124 million this year

In a report to the Legislature, the Maine Municipal Association says communities are reporting reduced sales tax revenue, fewer fees collected, and lost motor vehicle excise tax revenue.