LONDON — Demonstrators took the streets of London, Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday to protest coronavirus restrictions, decrying how the measures have affected daily life even with infection rates rising in many places and the global death toll approaching 1 million. In the U.K., the latest official estimates released Friday showed that new […]
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Peter Doe, camera store institution in Portland, dies at 65
He owned Photo Market on Forest Avenue, which celebrated its 35th year in operation this year.
Maine CDC reports 30 new cases of coronavirus, one more death
The state’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been growing in recent weeks, along with outbreaks in York and Oxford counties.
Another View: Trump EPA deals another blow to the environment
Its latest effort to prop up the coal industry will put human health at risk.
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 19
Sept. 19, 1775: With the Revolutionary War having begun the previous spring, Col. Benedict Arnold sets sail from Newburyport, Massachusetts, with his expeditionary force bound for Quebec City. The Arnold Expedition has been waiting for three days, delayed by unfavorable wind and then the accidental grounding of one of Arnold’s ships in the channel to […]
U.S. House candidate Dale Crafts skydives to support veterans
Crafts, who has been paralyzed from the waist down since a 1983 motorcycle accident, is running to unseat Rep. Jared Golden, a Marine Corps veteran, for his 2nd District seat.
Former Maine Med official from Falmouth indicted for fraud
Joshua Cory Frances was indicted on federal wire fraud, federal program fraud and other charges for allegedly impersonating a Homeland Security employee to illegally purchase two boats, an SUV and other equipment from the U.S. government.
Running out of storm names, Atlantic season goes Greek
This is only the second time National Hurricane Center forecasters have had to pull out the Greek alphabet for names.
More families opt to home-school during pandemic
Southern Midcoast school districts report increases in the number of students in their district switching to homeschooling during the COVID pandemic, but say they hope many students will return when things start to go back to normal.
First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17
Even with a substantial list price of $45, “A Promised Land” is virtually guaranteed to sell millions of copies.
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