The coronavirus is continuing to disrupt the school year and the Old Town high school, along with the Caribou elementary school, have announced remote learning due to an outbreak of the virus.
Nearly 50 people at RSU 24 in Hancock County have been asked to quarantine due to a COVID-19 exposure.
The cases caused Troy Jackson and Eloise Vitelli to become some of the most prominent Maine politicians to disclose a breakthrough COVID-19 case alongside U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent who tested positive last month.
The 161-year-old Penobscot County Jail on Hammond Street has seen chronic overcrowding over the years, and the county has weighed a handful of plans to either build a new jail or add onto the existing facility.
The father of a man who died last year after police chased him into Portland’s Back Cove has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging that officers stood by and watched his son drown instead of taking steps to save his life.
The 161-year-old Penobscot County Jail on Hammond Street has seen chronic overcrowding over the years, and the county has weighed a handful of plans to either build a new jail or add onto the existing facility.
The hospitality and tourism industry is one of Maine’s largest economic sectors with $11 billion in annual sales and employing one in every seven residents.
