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COVID-19 hospitalizations increase in Maine

by Joe Lawlor April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

The number of hospitalized patients has hovered in the 90s or low 100s since mid-March and rose to 99 patients Tuesday.

Bowdoin College president Clayton Rose stepping down after 8 years

by Lana Cohen April 19, 2022April 20, 2022

Bowdoin College’s president will depart the post at the end of the next academic year.

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Spring storm knocks down trees, closes Brunswick road, leaves thousands of Midcoast residents in the dark

by The Times Record April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

A spring storm left as many as 20,000 Central Maine Power customers in the dark, the utility reported Tuesday morning. “Strong wind gusts have uprooted trees and created outages as the trees fall onto the power lines, occasionally breaking utility poles,” said Adam Desrosiers, vice president Electric Operations for CMP, in a statement issued Tuesday. […]

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As more people arrive in Portland in need of shelter, the city seeks help farther afield

by Rachel Ohm April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

Portland is sheltering more than 1,500 asylum seekers and homeless people in 12 hotels across 6 communities, including one in Freeport where families still need more help.

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State lawmakers approve bill to force insurance companies to cover fertility treatments

by Penelope Overton April 18, 2022April 19, 2022

Maine and Vermont are the only two New England states that don’t provide such coverage now, but opponents say it will cost too much and drive up insurance rates for everyone.