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Concert promoter to require COVID vaccination or negative test at all venues and events

By Tribune Content Agency on Aug 17, 2021 05:53 pm
Promoters and venues who work with Live Nation -- which include Waterfront Concerts and the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland -- said they will work toward meeting its requirements
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CMP opponents could present 2 different utility takeover options to Maine voters

By Caitlin Andrews on Aug 17, 2021 05:53 pm
Voters could be presented with two different methods of taking over Maine’s major electric utilities on the November 2022 ballot as proponents kick off a referendum drive while keeping question-wording options open.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19

By The Associated Press on Aug 17, 2021 05:24 pm
It comes a day after Abbott tweeted a picture of himself not wearing a mask while speaking indoors near Dallas to a group of Republicans, most of whom were unmasked.
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3 UMaine football players earn preseason accolades

By Larry Mahoney on Aug 17, 2021 05:15 pm
University of Maine football wide receiver Andre Miller, long snapper Bryce Collee and center Mike Gerace were named to Phil Steele’s preseason Colonial Athletic Association All-Conference team.
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COVID can’t be spread through blood transfusions from vaccinated people, doctors say

By Kaiser Health News on Aug 17, 2021 05:12 pm
With nearly 60 percent of the eligible U.S. population fully vaccinated, most of the nation’s blood supply is now coming from donors who have been inoculated, experts said. That’s led some patients who are skeptical of the shots to demand transfusions only from the unvaccinated, an option blood centers insist is neither medically sound nor operationally feasible.
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Wayfair moves out of Bangor building after 5 years

By David Marino Jr. on Aug 17, 2021 05:12 pm
Wayfair’s move marks a major Bangor employer’s departure from office space in the city as the pandemic has accelerated a shift to remote work.
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Sticky and smelly red algae takes over Scarborough beach

By CBS 13 on Aug 17, 2021 04:48 pm
Officials say there’s not much they can do to get rid of it.
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Quinnipiac will cut off internet access for students who refuse to get vaccinated

By The Associated Press on Aug 17, 2021 04:35 pm
Quinnipiac University has sent an email to students who have failed to comply with its vaccination policy, advising them they will face weekly fees until they either get their shots or apply for an exemption.
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5 past and present UMaine players to compete in the women’s world ice hockey championship

By Larry Mahoney on Aug 17, 2021 03:58 pm
Thee 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship will be held in Calgary, Alberta, Aug. 20-31.
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Maine Republicans join state house protest against health worker vaccine mandate, seeking to channel backlash

By Steve Mistler, Maine Public on Aug 17, 2021 03:57 pm
A few Maine Republican leaders came to Augusta on Tuesday to address the roughly 400 demonstrators at the State House protesting Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' recent mandate that all health care workers get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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