As winter draws near and we spend more time indoors, local school committees like the one I’m on face a tremendous challenge: How do we offer high school sports programs during a pandemic that ensure the safety of our students and coaches?The most sensible and medically sound course of action is requiring that all high […]
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Posted inNation & World, News
Big Bird said he got a shot. Ted Cruz took aim
A Sesame Street character announced he got his COVID-19 vaccine, and the Republican senator from Texas called it ‘government propaganda.’
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Vaccine mandate protesters, counter demonstrators clash in Boston
Shoving matches broke out in Boston Common amid a heavy police presence.
Posted inNation & World
Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers
About 4 million are to be vaccinated by Nov. 22 under the president’s executive order.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
RSU 2 announces Richmond school buses will not run for the next week
Richmond Police Department offer to lend a hand getting students to school after RSU 2 announced early Sunday evening families will be without school bus transportation from Nov. 8 to 16.
Posted inTimes Record
Small group protested vaccine mandate outside Bath shipyard over the weekend
Less than half of the demonstrators present were Bath Iron Works employees.
Posted inNation & World
Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers
About 4 million federal workers, from FBI agents to Bureau of Prisons guards to U.S. Food and Drug Administration workers, are to be vaccinated by Nov. 22 under the president’s executive order aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
Posted inLocal & State, News
COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high Sunday
Maine hospitals report 212 patients with COVID-19, including 76 in critical care and 35 on ventilators.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Post-COVID, let’s build schools that work for everyone
The pandemic revealed longstanding inequities and left many students behind. It’s a challenge for schools, but also an opportunity.
Posted inNation & World
Appeals court temporarily halts vaccine mandate on larger businesses
At least 27 states filed lawsuits challenging the rule in several circuits.