The league is in the final stages of agreeing to resume the season with training camps allowed to open as early as July 10.
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Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until January
Theaters have been closed since March 12.
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Hundreds line up for tests as Florida cities close beaches
Beaches and bars in South Florida are closing, just days before the normally busy Fourth of July weekend.
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Portland-based Wex secures $400 million private investment
The investment by New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC will help Wex navigate ‘the current uncertain operating environment,’ it said.
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Maine Backyard Campout encourages safe outdoor fun amid pandemic
Nearly 30 communities have so far signed up for the July 10-11 weekend event.
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Children’s book festival showcases Black experience
Running through Aug. 31, the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival aims to inspire and entertain.
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Maine CDC investigates small COVID-19 outbreak at BIW, awaits Long Creek test results
The agency also reported one additional death on Monday, a woman in her 60s from Kennebec County, as well as 28 new coronavirus cases.
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The Latest: States reverse openings, require masks amid virus resurgence
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic around the U.S. and the world. Arizona’s Republican governor shut down bars, movie theaters, gyms and water parks Monday and leaders in several states ordered residents to wear masks in public in a dramatic course reversal amid an alarming resurgence of coronavirus cases nationwide. Among those implementing the face-covering orders is […]
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Musicians join in for Independence Day show to combat hunger
SummerFest ME’s Ending Hunger at Home will feature more than 20 local, regional and national acts to raise money for two Maine organizations fighting food insecurity.
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Collaborative project provides masks for those in need
PORTLAND — Fikiria Makerspace has launched a project to employ immigrants and make cloth masks for vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial batch of 250 masks will be stitched by women originally from Iraq and Pakistan and will be donated to Portland’s General Assistance Office. An additional 250 masks will be donated to […]