Jack Sours, the vice president and general manager of Oxford Casino, hopes that its health and safety protocols will convince state authorities to soon lift the 200-person restriction.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Ivy League cancels fall sports
The conference decides to suspend athletics for the rest of 2020, which means winter sports also will be affected.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine voters get mixed messages on mail-in ballot postage
Amid a rapid switch to absentee voting, many Mainers aren’t sure how much postage is required to mail in their votes – and aren’t getting good answers.
Posted inBoston Celtics, Sports
After beating COVID-19, Celtics’ Smart on way to Florida for NBA restart
Boston guard Marcus Smart was asymptomatic after receiving his positive test on March 19, and now is ready to return to the court with the Celtics.
Posted inNation & World
‘Desperation science’ slows the hunt for coronavirus drugs
Doctors are still frantically reaching for anything that might fight the many ways the virus can do harm.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Local initiative gives customers a ticket to shop
Shop Local Passport from the Gray-New Gloucester Development Corporation aims to get shoppers back into local businesses.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
CDC will issue new guidance on school openings, Pence says, after criticism from Trump
Trump publicly voiced disagreement with recommendations for reopening schools issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted inLocal & State
By the numbers: COVID-19 cases and deaths in Maine, the U.S. and the world
Reported cases by country:
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Uncategorized
United sending layoff notices to nearly half of U.S. employees
The airline says that it will offer early retirement benefits and that furloughing 36,000 employees in October is a worst-case scenario.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Trump threatens to withhold funding to schools that don’t fully reopen, attacks CDC guidelines
Trump’s threat ran contrary to the traditional Republican stance of giving more control over schools to localities, rather than the federal government.