Vice Chancellor Jim Thelen’s departure is not related to the fallout from the failed University of Maine at Augusta presidential search, according to university officials.
June 2022
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage?’
He calls for expanded background checks, red flag laws, safe storage laws and a ban on assault weapons.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
First COVID vaccine shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21
White House COVID-19 coordinator Aashish Jha outlined the administration’s planning for the last remaining ineligible age group to get shots.
Posted inBusiness
Last Howard Johnson’s restaurant closes in New York
HoJo’s were well known to baby boomers, who grew up on the restaurants’ 28 ice cream flavors and fried clam plates.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath arts center to host classic rock band NRBQ
The Chocolate Church Arts Center at 804 Washington St. in Bath will present a performance by classic rock band NRBQ on Friday, June 10. NRBQ (originally short for “New Rhythm and Blues Quartet”) formed in the mid-1960s and released their self-titled debut album in 1969. For more than five decades since, the band has fused […]
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
After food truck furor boils over, city adds spots on Eastern Prom
After food truck operators and employees protested outside City Hall on Thursday morning, the city found a way to accommodate all applicants in the Cutter Street parking lot beginning June 15.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Putin-linked elites, yachts, firms targeted for sanctions
The Treasury Department is targeting yachts, aircrafts, the firms that manage them, Kremlin officials and businessmen linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a new round of sanctions.
Posted inNation & World
School police chief wasn’t told of panicked kids’ 911 calls, Texas senator says
State police have said that police didn’t breach the classroom faster because the school police chief believed the situation had morphed from an active shooting to a hostage situation.
Posted inNation & World
EPA moves to give states, tribes more power to protect water
The Trump administration sought to streamline fossil fuel development and made it harder for local officials to block projects.
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Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by New York appeals court
Weinstein is jailed in California, where he was extradited last year and is awaiting trial on charges he assaulted there.