SAD 51 is facing an ed tech shortage ahead of summer hiring, Yarmouth saw double the usual number of resignations and retirements during the 2021-2022 school year and Falmouth has more than 20 vacancies.
June 2022
MLB roundup: Angels’ Bradley breaks bone in elbow in dugout fall during brawl
Archie Bradley was injured while climbing over the dugout railing during Los Angeles’ massive brawl with the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
Blue Jays score twice in the ninth to beat Red Sox, 6-5
Hansel Robles allows two ninth-inning runs for his fifth blown save.
Climate change means more mice – natural reservoirs for Lyme disease
Beyond the nuisance created by mice, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire have so far experienced the largest increases in reported cases of Lyme disease.
America’s scallop harvest projected to decline again in 2022
Federal regulators, who are set to discuss the fishery at a meeting in Portland on Thursday, have said the scallop population in the Atlantic Ocean is healthy, but the mass of scallops has declined from record high levels of several years ago.
Southern Meetings: July 1-8
Scarborough Fri. 7/1 8 a.m. Long Range Planning Committee Town Hall/Zoom Wed. 7/6 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall/Zoom South Portland Tues. 7/5 6:30 p.m. City Council City Hall/Zoom Wed. 7/6 6:30 p.m. Comprehensive Plan 829 Sawyer St. Wed. 7/6 6:30 p.m. Public Arts Committee 496 Ocean St./Zoom Thur. 7/7 4 p.m. Affordable Housing Committee […]
Theater review: Ladies of saucy satire ‘Lysistrata’ take unique approach to ending war
The play by Aristophanes opens the Theater at Monmouth’s season.
Midcoast Meetings: July 1-8
Brunswick Wed. 7/6 5 p.m. Conservation Commission Town Hall/Zoom Wed. 7/6 7 p.m. Marine Resource Committee Town Hall/Zoom Thur. 7/7 5 p.m. Master Plan Implementation Committee Town Hall/Zoom Thur. 7/7 6:30 p.m. Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Town Hall/Zoom Harpswell Tues. 7/5 3:45 p.m. Resiliency and Sustainability Committee Wed. 7/6 2:30 p.m. Conservation Commission Thur. 7/7 […]
Maine reports drop in COVID hospitalizations, uptick in cases
The state has one of the lowest infection rates in the country, but continues to add hundreds of new case each day.
51 migrants die in trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat
The death toll was the highest ever from a smuggling attempt in the United States.