Today is Monday. Temperatures will in the low to high 40s from north to south, with a chance for rain throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
The next six weeks will be crucial for Maine to contain a rising level of COVID-19 transmission that is happening just before all adults become eligible for vaccinations and just weeks before the tourism season’s late-May start.
Northern Light transformed the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor into a mass vaccination site in just three days leading up to its Feb. 2 opening and has been operating with precision. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Mainers are going door to door in under 35 minutes, including a 15-minute observation period.
Ice was out early on the St. John River this year, sending millions of gallons of early meltwater rushing downstream toward Madawaska’s overwhelmed sewage system. Credit: Hannah Catlin / St. John Valley Times
It was a disastrous event that town officials and statewide experts called an “act of God.”
The Millinocket Police Department, which closed in December of 2020, sits dark in the town’s municipal building. This wooden sign hangs outside of the entry way to the police department. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
As municipal law enforcement agencies throughout Maine struggle with maintaining full rosters, some are finding that low morale or even turmoil within their ranks are contributing to the instability.
In this April 17, 2021, file photo, U.S. astronaut Jessica Meir speaks on the phone with her relatives shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-15 space capsule near Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Credit: Andrey Shelepin / Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre / Roscosmos space agency via AP
Caribou and Stockholm students will have a chance to chat with NASA astronaut and Aroostook County native Jessica Meir on April 13.
