Masks, while recommended for people who aren’t vaccinated, will not be mandated at this year’s event.
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Man dies in Auburn after being trapped under an excavator
A 21-year-old pool company employee was working at home on Danville Corner Road.
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Brunswick parents divided on mask mandates for coming school year
The debate among parents comes amid rising COVID-19 cases in Maine.
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Bath appoints Marc Meyers as interim city manager
Assistant City Manager Marc Meyers will become interim city manager upon current City Manager Peter Owen’s retirement on August 20.
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More Mainers encouraged to wear masks indoors as COVID-19 transmission rates rise
Eight counties are listed as having ‘substantial’ or ‘high’ transmission rates and the city of Portland is recommending that everyone wears a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status.
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Fire destroys cabin of New Hampshire man forced out of woods, jailed
While in jail for refusing to leave the small shack he built and lived in for 27 years, David Lidstone’s cabin was burned to the ground.
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South Thomaston will pay people $200 to get fully vaccinated
Residents and others who frequent the town are eligible for the payments if they get inoculated by Sept. 12.
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As in-person learning returns, Midcoast parents weigh home schooling
As Maine schools prepare for the return of in-person learning, some families in the Midcoast are considering homeschooling. Five local school districts, RSU1, RSU 5, MSAD-75, Lisbon Public Schools and Brunswick School Department, saw an 85% increase in the number of homeschool students last year compared to the previous school year, from 375 students to […]
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Former GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin wants his old seat back
Former Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin announced Wednesday that he’s going to try to win back his old seat from Democratic Rep. Jared Golden. Citing problems caused by “liberal politicians with extreme beliefs,” Poliquin announced on social media that he’s running to “bring Maine common sense back to Washington.” “It cannot continue,” he said of […]
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Northern Maine school library burns, bookstores raise funds
After a fire at an elementary school library in northern Maine destroyed its collection of books, a bookstore at the other end of the state helped replace them. A fire on July 25 burned the library at Dr. Levesque Elementary School in Frenchville, a small community on the border with Canada, the Portland Press Herald […]