Today is Monday. The temperatures will be in the low 80s to mid-70s from north to south, with partly or mostly sunny skies throughout the state. See what weather is in store for the rest of the day here. Here’s the latest on gas prices in Maine. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
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Thirteen more Mainers have died and another 257 COVID-19 cases reported across the state, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That brings the statewide death toll to 2,551 as of Saturday morning. Check out our tracker for more information.
This November, voters will decide whether to authorize borrowing up to $2.7 million to fund the track and upgrades to Pottle Field at Hermon High School.
So far this year, 15 people have died in Maine county jails and prisons, 10 of them in the past four months. That number is higher than any yearly total since 2014.
