To say the COVID-19 outbreak has negatively impacted the general populace would be an understatement of gigantic proportions. Just recently we heard from the Centers for Disease Control that a full quarter of young people ages 18-24 have considered suicide in the past month. Mental health in all sectors of the populace is suffering, according […]
COVID-19 pandemic
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Mainewhile: Shark-punching husband isn’t the only hero
Finally! At long last, in this crazy world of extreme tragedy, crisis and division, finally we as a nation, as a globe, have something on which we can agree: The Australian man who punched a shark to save his wife is dreamy. I am sure by now you’ve seen the story, yes? OK, if not, […]
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Bill Nemitz: Read my lips? Not if you can’t see them
For deaf and hard-of-hearing Mainers, communicating through face coverings amid the pandemic has become all but impossible.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The longer we’re isolated, the less productive we get
COVID-19 is getting old – particularly for employees who’ve been working from home for months. That’s the finding of a Wall Street Journal article, “Companies Start to Think Remote Work Isn’t So Great After All.” Early on, when millions stopped commuting and started working from home, many companies saw good results. Work was getting done. […]
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Cape school board approves pandemic plan, details in limbo
The school board gave permission for the district to implement a framework, but the final details still need to be worked out.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: Rise from your foxholes, teachers
There are three kinds of employees in these pandemic times: essential workers, nonessential workers and those stuck in between. Workers considered essential by the government include nurses, grocery store employees, delivery drivers, first responders and others who are needed onsite for the operation of life-sustaining sectors of the economy. They have been going to work […]
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Democrats maintain large lead in voter registration in Maine
Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.
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Bill Nemitz: What day is it? Welcome to ‘Blursday’
For many amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like the hands on the clock have stopped moving.
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Ballot delivery not an ‘acute’ concern for Maine’s top election official
Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.
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Bill Nemitz: It’s no longer just ‘helping the kids with their homework’
As another anything-but-normal school year looms, parents and guardians need to reach out for help – and give themselves a break.