If all goes well, the Augusta and Bath locations may follow suit as soon as next week.
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Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
Bowdoin College reports second case of COVID-19
In the past week, Bowdoin conducted 2,142 student tests and 2,034 staff and faculty tests, resulting in positive tests for two students.
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Posted inSports
Long shots in NFL face even longer odds during pandemic
With no preseason games and limited live practices, late draft picks and free agents have limited chances to put their skills on display.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Auburn Middle School staffer tests positive for COVID-19
The news comes as officials wrestle with options for returning students to classrooms.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Tyson Foods to open medical clinics at some meat plants
The company, which processes about 20 percent of all beef, pork and chicken in the U.S., seeks to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Penn State doctor: Roughly one-third of Big Ten athletes with COVID-19 have myocarditis
Wayne Sebastianelli, Penn State’s director of athletic medicine, says of the coronavirus, “we really just don’t know what to do with it right now.”
Posted inSports
At U.S. Open, coronavirus disrupts crucial tennis relationship between player and towel
This year’s U.S. Open players must tend to their own towels between points, and for some it’s causing a significant disruption to the normal routine.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump and top aides ditch masks after saying patriots wear them
Trump’s rejection of masks mirrors his broader rebuke of public health practices to fight the virus, which has killed more than 183,000 Americans.
Posted inLocal & State, News
York County to investigate jail outbreak
One focus of the inquiry will be the jail’s apparent failure to require guards or inmates to wear masks before the outbreak struck.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Augusta delays start of school year for elementary students
The Augusta school board voted Wednesday night to bump the start date by two days, to Sept. 10, for its youngest students.