Robust consumer spending has combined with widespread product and worker shortages to create the highest inflation in four decades.
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Most of Maine remains in ‘high’ risk category under new federal mask guidelines
Three counties – Kennebec, Waldo and Somerset – have been reclassified as ‘medium’ risk counties, meaning masks are recommended for certain at-risk groups and considered a personal choice for most people.
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Snowstorm to bury parts of Maine, including Greater Portland, on Friday
The National Weather Service is predicting that 8 to 12 inches will fall in southern and western areas.
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CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
The new policy comes as the Biden administration moves to shift its focus to preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19, rather than all instances of infection.
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Memorial to Black poet, civil rights activist may come to Wiscasset
James Weldon Johnson, lyricist of the “Black national anthem,” was killed in an accident in Wiscasset in 1938.
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Maine’s congressional delegation denounces Putin for invasion of Ukraine
Members describe the Russian president as a ‘ruthless autocrat,’ ‘liar’ and ‘dictator,’ among other things.
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Bowdoin College to give all students Apple devices at no extra cost
In an effort to provide equal access to technology and level the academic playing field at Bowdoin College, all students will receive a 13-inch MacBook, iPad mini and Apple Pencil at no additional cost beginning in fall 2022.
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Brunswick police, veterans to collect irreparable flags for retirement service
The public is invited to drop off flags worn beyond repair at the police department between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Maine Lobster Festival returns for 75th anniversary, drops admission charge and carnival
The organizers want to offer greener options as the event in Rockland resumes after a two-year absence.
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Maine’s pandemic death toll passes 2,000 while COVID hospitalizations drop to 4-month low
As Maine hospitalizations drop below 200 patients for the first time since October, the state reports 53 additional deaths from a review of vital records.