Today is Thursday. Temperatures will be in the low 70s with a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
COVID-19 cases have tripled over the past two weeks among the unvaccinated. The number of cases of respiratory illnesses, with symptoms similar to influenza, are on the rise.
A recent study found that the single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine may not be as efficient at providing protection against the new delta variant of the coronavirus.
Maddox Williams, 3, is shown in an undated family photograph. His mother is charged in his death last month. The boy’s death was one of four in Maine last month of young children that have focused new attention on the state’s child welfare system.
That initial reluctance to provide information highlights the frustration many have felt as the state looks for answers about a spate of children’s deaths.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is once again accepting proposals from companies who can remove 27,000 tons of carpet-like material from an abandoned property in Warren.
The mountains of carpet-like material arrived on the site around 1998, when the state allowed the rifle range’s owner to bring it in from Auburn.
The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada in Houlton.
The extended closure means that while Americans living in border communities such as Maine’s Aroostook County may travel into Canada, Canadians cannot do the same for another month at least.
In this April 26, 2021, file photo, workers pound stakes to mark land on an existing Central Maine Power power line corridor that has been recently widened to make way for new utility poles, near Bingham.
The order, approved by both the House and the Senate, doesn’t carry the force of law, but it could have an effect on the lawsuit in Superior Court.
