British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the pandemic health rules in place for more than a year will end later this month.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine’s local governments in no rush to spend pandemic relief funds
Counties, cities and towns will receive almost $502 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, a coronavirus relief bill signed by President Biden in March.
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Posted inNation & World
Republican governors implore residents to overcome vaccine hesitancy as delta variant rises
Polling shows vaccine hesitancy has become almost wholly a GOP problem.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Race is on to get rental assistance out to avert evictions
States rush to distribute nearly $47 billion allocated by Congress before a federal moratorium ends July 31.
Posted inNation & World
As worries about pandemic ebb, summer potlucks start back up
The attraction is more than potato salad and fresh watermelon but seeing friends they haven’t seen in over a year.
Posted inNation & World
Biden: U.S. ‘coming back together,’ but COVID not yet finished
The president hosts over 1,000 guests for a July Fourth celebration on the South Lawn of the White House.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Winslow woman wins $896,809 in Maine vaccination lottery
Kay Spofford, a dialysis dietitian in her early 60s, says the money will give her and her husband ‘peace of mind in our retirement.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: America is a work in progress. So am I.
The ideas worked for by my parents – a diplomat who represented our country abroad; a teacher who championed civil rights – have been tested, yet I am hopeful.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: This July Fourth, Maine has earned its fun
Throughout the past year, Mainers put others before themselves.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Take me out to the crowd, please
Consider the best parts of being among others again – cozy library reading rooms, a real ballpark roar and our voices lifted in song at church.