Augusta Food Bank Executive Director Bob Moore said more than 150 cars were lined up for a food giveaway at the Augusta Civic Center an hour before it began Thursday.
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Notre Dame opens ACC play against Duke, won’t play Navy for first time since 1927
The ACC announces its schedule and Notre Dame, which is giving up its football independence and competing for the conference title, loses its annual game with Navy.
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Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Marshwood Center in Lewiston reports a fourth COVID-19 death and 34 cases
Another employee has also tested positive at Central Maine Medical Center.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
New York City the last holdout on in-person schooling as big districts defy Trump
New York still needs Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval as it plans on being the only major school district to have students in classrooms.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine reports 14 new cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths
Maine has second-lowest virus prevalence in the country, behind only Vermont.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Demand for unemployment aid remains high in Maine even as new claims dip
Nearly 80,000 Mainers filed continuing federal and state unemployment benefits last week, more than twice the number during the worst week of the Great Recession.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Another 1.2 million unemployment claims filed as federal jobless aid ends
For 20 straight weeks, jobless claims have remained over 1 million.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Africa passes 1 million confirmed virus cases; true number far more
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. JOHANNESBURG — Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts say the true toll is likely several times higher, reflecting the gaping lack of testing for the continent’s 1.3 billion people. While experts say infection tolls in richer nations […]
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Amid pandemic, Portland High seniors celebrate school’s first drive-in graduation. See the photos.
It has been a turbulent year for the 181 seniors, who graduated Wednesday night while sitting in vehicles parked in a lot on Portland’s waterfront.
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Portland city manager calls for cutting 65 positions to avoid tax hike
Jon Jennings’ $202 million budget proposal is $4.2 million less than the current budget and would reduce the tax rate by a penny per $1,000 valuation, despite a 4% increase in county taxes.