Maine School Administrative District 75 School Board members voted last week to pay spring sports coaches their full stipends, despite the spring sports season being canceled due to the pandemic.
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Are hair salons low-risk? Maine says yes; other states disagree
Unlike dozens of other states, Maine’s four-stage plan to restart sectors of the state economy puts some businesses that have close contact with their customers at the top of the list.
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Impacts of isolation: Pandemic takes a toll on solo seniors
Loneliness, fear and depression can set in, but older adults have learned to be resilient to get through tough times, an expert says.
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‘We’re in it together’: Southern Midcoast students, teachers cope with remote learning amid pandemic
Academia from afar presents an array of challenges and concerns about the long-term effects caused by so much time away from the classroom.
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Maine Bicentennial: Topsham
Two workers pose at the Pejepscot Paper Company mill on the Androscoggin River in Topsham in a photograph taken about 1900. This is the debarking room. Pulp sticks were tumbled in the background until the bark was scraped off and the cleaned wood was sent to the pulp room, where it was ground up and […]
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Surprise turns Topsham couple’s missed wedding date into memorable one
Chris Dube and Laurie Servidio were supposed to be in the Dominican Republic on Monday.
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Missed milestones: Southern Midcoast students adapt to surreal senior year amid pandemic
Schools in Bath, Brunswick and Topsham face delayed or canceled proms, graduations and sports seasons.
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Midcoast Meetings: April 24-May 1
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
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Bath-area school district pauses food service during April vacation
RSU 1 has been providing meals for hundreds of students in its district but is taking next week off, leaving other agencies to provide meals.
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Midcoast Meetings: April 17-24
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.