Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the high 20s to mid 30s, with scattered snow showers around the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73 percent of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday.
Details of the restructuring at Penobscot Community Health Care’s dental clinic are still scant, including how many more the clinic will hire or whether it will shed services permanently.
A large tract of land that once was part of a proposed “eco-resort” next to the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park has been donated to Maine Coast Heritage Trust.
The saltmarsh sparrow, a native Maine species, is slated to be considered for Endangered Species protection in 2024 and predicted to be extinct by 2060.
The tribe is appealing a 3-2 decision issued in July by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act gave ownership of the land but not the river to the Penobscots. That ruling upheld a decision by a federal judge in Maine.
The Congress Street project will feature 12 market rate apartments, along with 36 affordable ones, and could help ease Belfast’s ongoing housing availability crisis.
State Rep. Mike Perkins, R-Oakland, cited continued health issues as the result of a COVID-19 infection as the reason for stepping away from vying for the congressional seat.
