Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the low 60s to low 50s from north to south, with increasing clouds toward the south. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
In this April 26, 2021, file photo, East Hartford High School senior Sudeen Pryce, right, center, receives support from classmate Alexia Phipps, left, East Hartford High School Intervention Coordinator Mark Brown, second from left, and EMT Katrinna Greene, top right, of Manchester, as RN Kaylee Cruz of Bristol administers the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine to Pryce at a mass vaccination site at Pratt & Whitney Runway in East Hartford, Connecticut. Credit: Jessica Hill / AP
Officials hope that extending vaccinations to teens will further accelerate the nation’s reduced virus caseload and allow schools to reopen with minimal disruptions this fall.
Jimbo Tuck feeds containers of Mousam Valley Mushrooms into a machine automatically wrapping them in plastic at Farming Fungi in Springvale on Monday. Early in the pandemic, consumer demand for unwrapped bulk mushrooms plummeted. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
Three Maine companies saw sales increases during the pandemic, and all three are growing their companies using services offered by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs, which has programs for startups and for mature companies that want to figure out the best way to grow.
Adam Williams, social studies teacher, moderates a debate about the clean energy corridor on April 27, 2021, at the Ecology Learning Center in Unity. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
The 48 first-year and sophomore students at the Ecology Learning Center are part of Maine’s newest, smallest and last public charter school.
Taco Shack is the latest business slated to move into the spot at 95 Center St. in Bangor. Credit: David Marino Jr. / BDN
A Skowhegan man who was charged in federal court last month after allegedly lying to obtain a $60,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan is preparing to open a taco restaurant on Center Street in Bangor.
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness Executive Director Sharon Jordan cuts the ribbon at the opening of the Opportunity House, a recovery center for Wabanaki men. Credit: David Marino Jr. / BDN
Native Americans suffer from one of the highest rates of substance use disorder, including alcoholism and addiction to other illicit drugs, of any racial or ethnic group in the United States.
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (left), D-Biddeford, is sworn into his position by House Clerk Robert Hunt at the Augusta Civic Center on Dec. 2, 2020. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
The race is on to stake a claim to rosy revenue figures and an influx of federal money.
Chris Lander (left), John Holyoke and Pete Warner pose for a selfie near West Outlet of the Kennebec River on a recent fishing trip.
The goal was to tell a few stories, spend some time fishing and simply catch up with each other. We’d had precious little opportunity to do that since the pandemic hit, and were far overdue for an outdoor adventure.
A homeowner was trying to get rid of a skunk, but unintentionally captured a fisher in a live trap. The fisher was safely released. Perhaps not coincidentally, the skunk has not been seen since. Credit: Courtesy of Steve Williams
One photo is a “before” pic of a fisher that was taken with his trail camera. The other, an “after” shot of the fisher after it wound up in jail.
