The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
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New COVID-19 cases climb as Maine moves to end routine testing in schools
A jump in new cases on Wednesday pushed Maine’s 7-day average up to 255 cases as Maine and other Northeast states see a rise in infections.
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Delayed consolidation vote could doom Harpswell charter school
The Maine Charter School Commission voted Tuesday to defer decision on Harpswell Coastal Academy’s request to consolidate its 2 campuses for the upcoming school year.
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State reports case of hepatitis A at Boothbay variety store
The Maine CDC says an employee at T&D Variety handled food while infectious last week.
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As sticker shock for solar power looms, Maine lawmakers consider options
Two bills under consideration seek to balance the desire for solar incentives with the burden of high electricity bills.
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Complaints arise over Wiscasset school zone speeding
Police have made 38 stops and responded to 103 calls about speeding since January.
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Maine Senate confirms Rick Lawrence to the state’s highest court
Lawrence will be the first Black justice to sit on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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NYPD focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting investigation
At least 29 in all were treated at hospitals for gunshot wounds, smoke inhalation and other conditions.
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Bowdoin College launches initiative on race, racism, racial justice with 4 endowed chairs
Bowdoin College has announced that it will consider scholars and artists from across the academic spectrum for four new endowed chairs whose teaching and research will address race, racism and social justice, with a focus on the challenges, histories, movements, and artistic and cultural productions of Black communities in the Americas. The chairs, fully funded […]
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Maine reports increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
The state also reported an additional 47 COVID deaths after a review of death certificates stretching back to January, bringing the state’s pandemic death toll to 2,269.