Today is Wednesday. Temperatures will be in the mid to high 70s throughout the state, with sunny skies from north to south. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 475 cases of COVID-19 since Saturday, along with two new deaths. The death toll now stands at 932.
Community transmission rates have continued to remain high throughout the state, and all 16 counties are now above the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s threshold for masking recommendations.
The state has recorded 1,818 breakthrough COVID cases as of Tuesday morning, with most cases appearing in immunocompromised patients, and experts continue to urge Mainers to get vaccinated to prevent severe coronavirus symptoms.
Holden, Eddington, Hampden and Readfield schools have become the latest to implement mask policies as students return to the classroom.
A Maine child born this year will turn 79 — the average life expectancy in the state — sometime in 2100. That child will live to see whether Maine, the U.S. and the world met the challenge of climate change, and if not, what kind of world was left for her.
Local leaders are scrambling to find a solution to the impending closure of one of Hancock County’s few nursing homes as rising COVID-19 cases exacerbate staffing shortages there and stress hospitals dealing with an influx of critical patients.
Hours after a Milo man accused of murdering his 1-month-old son made his first court appearance, neighbors said they were shocked that a man they knew affectionately as “Reggie” could be accused of a crime so heinous.
Leaders in Orono are calling for clear direction from Gov. Janet Mills as the spread of COVID-19 accelerates but the state leaves key decisions on mask-wearing, public meetings and other health measures to local governments.
After a year and a half of having the coronavirus pandemic disrupt their educations, local elementary school children now are having to contend with storm damage to their classrooms.
In Houlton, a group of around 100 protesters gathered on Tuesday afternoon in Monument Park to protest against the Gov. Janet Mills’ mandate that all health care workers must be vaccinated against the virus by Oct. 1.
Hillary Goding, 28, of Old Town was indicted by a Penobscot County grand Jury on Friday on charges of depraved indifference murder, manslaughter and violating conditions of her release.
The Brewer High School football team is like other around the state when it comes to its return to the gridiron this season after being limited to non-tackle versions of the sport last fall.
