Gov. Janet Mills is asking Mainers to get booster shots and mask up to protect themselves against the omicron variant now in Maine.
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Driver hospitalized following Friday crash in Durham
Authorities said the roads were icy at the time of the crash.
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Brunswick-Bath area Salvation Army continues to ring the bell despite $15k donation deficit
A shortage of bell ringers at red kettles has resulted in fewer donations this year, according to Brunswick-Bath Salvation Army Lt. Neil Childs.
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Bath community mourns loss of longtime music teacher
Friends, family, former students and colleagues offered their condolences and shared memories of Anthony Marro via Facebook after learning of his death.
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Brunswick schools increase police presence Friday amid nationwide TikTok threat
“This threat is nonspecific, and there is no credible information that it would involve schools in Maine or in Brunswick,” Superintendent Phil Potenziano wrote in a community message Thursday.
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CDC recommends Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines over J&J shot
The Johnson & Johnson shot can cause rare but serious blood clots, a risk not present with the other 2 vaccines.
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Southern Maine will see the first real snowfall this weekend
This isn’t a blockbuster nor’easter, but it certainly could be enough to last until Christmas.
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Bates College now requires booster shots for students in a bid to keep college safer from COVID-19
Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.
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Richmond committee restarts, eyes November vote on withdrawal from school district
Committee to try again on withdrawal from Regional School Unit 2 and hopes to have question on next November’s ballot.
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Omicron variant believed to be in Maine as COVID surge continues
State officials say the new highly contagious coronavirus variant has not been officially detected in Maine, but they assume it is already here and will soon drive more infections.