The pastor at the center of Waldo County’s COVID-19 outbreak finally apologized – or did he?
COVID-19 pandemic
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Maine election clerks begin processing flood of absentee ballots
Clerks can remove ballots from envelopes and run them through optical scanning machines, but the votes can’t be tallied until the polls close next Tuesday.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: Virus, election exacerbate personality traits
2020 has been a psychologically hard year. We’ve had the pandemic, the lockdowns, the election, the race riots and the general fear and anxiety these monumental events have caused. People handle stress differently, and they deal with fear and worry differently. The most basic of reactions is the fight or flight response, but that doesn’t […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: We should welcome knowledge, not reject it
When I was a teenager, my sister lived in Scotland for a year and made friends with a brilliant pianist from China who had defected to the west. When he eventually moved to the U.S., he came to visit our family and we all got to hear stories of what his life had been like. […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Falmouth parents, educators in opposition over hybrid learning model
Some parents continue to push for students to be integrated back to full-time, in-person learning.
Posted inLocal & State, News
South Portland to move city finance office to continue social distancing
Starting next month, residents will be asked to register vehicles and pay property taxes at a temporary municipal finance office to be set up at the South Portland Community Center.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Boo (hoo): Halloween on Main Street not happening in Westbrook
Halloween on Main Street, which pulls in thousands of people to Westbrook each year, has been cancelled due to the pandemic.
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Superintendent’s Notebook: Portland Public Schools grateful for our school nurses
I was thrilled this month when Talbot Community School teacher Cindy Soule was selected as Maine’s 2021 Teacher of the Year. I wasn’t surprised, however, that a Portland Public Schools educator won such an honor because we have so many exemplary staff members. The people goal in our Portland Promise commits us to attracting and […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster
Literacy program seeking tutors, space to help shortage
The coronavirus pandemic has made it harder for the program to teach people to read, but the need for literacy tutors hasn’t gone away.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Positive COVID-19 case confirmed at Gorham High School
The identity of the positive individual is not being released, but everyone who was exposed to the person will be required to quarantine for 14 days, according to School Committee Chairperson Stewart McCallister.