One Democrat, one Republican race, and a list of those running in other districts.
March 2020
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: All but 1 of China’s 55 new cases from overseas
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the nation and world. BEIJING — China’s National Health Commission reported 55 new COVID-19 cases Friday, including 54 it says are imported infections in recent arrivals from overseas. Once again, no new cases were reported in Wuhan, the central Chinese provincial capital where the coronavirus emerged in […]
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Two vie to run as Democratic candidate for Biddeford House district
Plus a list of other party candidates on the June primary ballot.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Kennebunk voters decide on adult use marijuana testing April 7
Absentee voting encouraged, but polls will be open on election day.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Pandemic sends students home for studies
High school, college students adjust to remote academic life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Leading doctor decries lack of testing at Maine’s long-term care facilities
Dr. Jabbar Fazeli warns that Maine hospitals could be flooded with stricken seniors if nursing homes aren’t able to test more widely and get faster results.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Let’s do more to protect retail clerks
They’re working long hours at public-facing essential businesses, so the state should boost their pay and give them gloves and masks.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: Amid pandemic, cyber scams a growing threat
The dirty rotten crooks. While the rest of the world is doing its best to sacrifice to beat an unseen biological virus, cyber scammers are trying to attack us with a variety of digital viruses. Before the start of 2020, I warned about the rapid increase in cyber attacks. The more we live our lives online, the […]
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: March 26
March 26, 2009: Old Town resident Matthew Cushing, 22, is sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his mother, his stepfather and his half brother to death at their home in Old Orchard Beach and setting their house on fire to cover his tracks. The court sentences him to three life terms for the murder […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Keeping BIW open boosts workers’, community’s, state’s infection risk
Even as we are told to avoid gatherings of more than a few people, 6,800 people are being compelled to gather every day at Bath Iron Works. That BIW is allowed to remain open right now is an enormous threat to the workers, the community of Bath and the state. The Trump administration insists that […]
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