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UMaine women’s basketball rallies from 19-point deficit to beat Dartmouth

By Larry Mahoney on Dec 19, 2021 05:43 pm
The UMaine women’s basketball team outscored Dartmouth 48-23 in the second half en route to a 65-53 victory at the Cross Insurance Center on Sunday afternoon.
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Maine’s largest district to get help diversifying teachers

By The Associated Press on Dec 19, 2021 01:10 pm
The school district said the grant will help educational technicians with services such as foreign transcript analysis, payment for additional coursework and expanded mentoring.
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Vermont confirms first case of omicron variant

By The Associated Press on Dec 19, 2021 12:54 pm
The state Department of Health said Saturday that genetic sequencing identified the variant in a specimen collected Dec. 8 from a Lamoille County resident in their 30s.
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Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19

By The Associated Press on Dec 19, 2021 12:14 pm
For more than a year antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly have been the go-to treatments for early COVID-19, thanks to their ability to head off severe disease and keep patients out of the hospital.
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From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators

By The Associated Press on Dec 19, 2021 11:46 am
The push to remove objectionable books from school libraries is part of a renewed conservative interest in public education as a political issue since the start of the pandemic.
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Restaurants anxious as omicron, high food costs take toll

By The Associated Press on Dec 19, 2021 10:50 am
While restaurants in the U.S. and United Kingdom are open without restrictions and often bustling, they are entering their second winter of the coronavirus pandemic anxious about what's ahead.
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Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: ‘I can’t vote for it’

By The Associated Press on Dec 19, 2021 10:19 am
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back a $2 trillion social safety net bill, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden's signature legislation.
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Colts turn table on Patriots with 27-17 victory

By The Associated Press on Dec 19, 2021 09:58 am
For the Patriots (9-5), it marked the end of a seven-game winning streak and dropped them out of the No. 1 slot in the AFC playoff chase.
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Overnight storm brings several inches of snow to Maine

By Rosemary Lausier on Dec 19, 2021 08:10 am
Maine saw several inches of snow overnight, with some parts of the state expecting more as the storm starts to taper off this afternoon.
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A Maine clam could help fishermen as climate change pushes out other species

By Bill Trotter on Dec 19, 2021 01:00 am
The quahog -- a hardshell clam -- has gone from around 40 cents per pound in the 1990s to close to, or above, $1.50 per pound over the past five years.
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