By David Marino Jr. on Sep 09, 2021 06:02 pm Bangor has taken an initial step toward becoming the first municipality in Maine to ban flavored tobacco products, a move that its supporters are hoping will generate momentum for a statewide ban. Read more... »
By Lori Valigra on Sep 09, 2021 06:00 pm The plan will mandate all employers with more than 100 workers to require their workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or tested for the virus weekly. Read more... »
By Sean Murphy, Spectrum News on Sep 09, 2021 05:58 pm What perhaps remains the most chilling detail for Mainers about the attacks is the confirmation that two of the terrorists, Abdul Aziz al Omari and the attacks’ mastermind, Mohamed Atta, spent time in Maine the day before the attacks, ultimately beginning their fateful mission at the Portland Jetport. Read more... »
By Aislinn Sarnacki on Sep 09, 2021 05:56 pm At the edge of the small beach, where sand and gravel turned abruptly into a jumble of angular rocks, a tiny turtle floated at the surface of the water. A dark blob, it measured maybe 2 inches long. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Sep 09, 2021 05:11 pm The rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant has some doctors worrying about the potential for higher numbers of children being at risk for long COVID-19 and other conditions. Read more... »
By Abigail Curtis on Sep 09, 2021 04:47 pm Stephen Mathieson died Thursday morning after slipping and hitting his head while loading some maritime docks into a truck parked near the waterfront. Read more... »
By Alexander MacDougall on Sep 09, 2021 04:46 pm The Maine attorney General’s office has decided not to bring civil rights actions against a white woman who allegedly tried to hit a Black man with her car in a parking lot in July. Read more... »
By Caitlin Andrews on Sep 09, 2021 04:00 pm Environmental groups filed a long-teased lawsuit against a hydropower giant on Thursday, claiming four Kennebec River dams are violating federal laws by not allowing enough endangered Atlantic salmon to reach upstream spawning grounds. Read more... »
By Pete Warner on Sep 09, 2021 03:56 pm DIF&W will issue a record 153,910 any-deer permits, which allow hunters to tag an antlerless deer, or a buck with antlers less than 3 inches in length. Read more... »
By Contributed on Sep 09, 2021 03:49 pm The campus went into a brief, five-minute lockdown while officers determined the source of the shots early Wednesday morning. Read more... »
