Today is Thursday and the final day of 2020. Temperatures will be in the 40s with morning rain storms throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Leone “Kitty” Harriman, from left, Tom Coon and Lola Knight are three of the Mainers lost this year to COVID-19. Credit: Courtesy photos
They were good cooks, musicians and enthusiastic dancers. They were beloved parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, children and siblings. They were as idiosyncratic and special as the state where they lived, and the threads of their lives added color and weft to the fabric that makes up the communities and history of Maine. Here are just a few of their stories.
House Speaker Sara Gideon (left) and Sen. Susan Collins on the campaign trail in Maine on Election Day. Credit: Troy R. Bennett and David Marino Jr. / BDN
A glimpse at what the past nine months looked like during the pandemic. Credit: Composite photo / BDN
This year we learned how to make face masks, washed our hands more than ever and distanced ourselves from the people we care about most. We watched as the virus crept closer and closer to our communities and our loved ones. We lost 334 of our fellow Mainers to the virus. Look back at the critical moments that shaped the course of the pandemic in Maine.
PLUS: BDN writer Emily Burnham kept note of her highs and lows (mostly lows) throughout 2020. Here’s a look back at one weird, awful year that we’ll all be happy to say goodbye to.
Sunny Patel stands outside of the newly opened Johnny’s Restaurant. Patel officially opened the restaurant Monday with help from some Old Town locals. Credit: Nina Mahaleris / Penobscot Times
When Sunny Patel’s regular customers stop by Tim’s Little Big Store, they usually tell him stories about Old Town. And more often than not, they talk about Johnny’s Restaurant, the small but legendary pizza joint just across the street that had disappeared over time. It gave him an idea.
A deer stands sentinel as it watches another animal, possibly a gray fox, retreat down the trail. Credit: Courtesy of Chris Ross
“Today’s offering is so special, I thought it’d be cool to let you provide a caption for it,” writes John Holyoke. So, tell us, what do you see? What’s going on? What happened before the photo was taken? What happened after? Give us a great caption.
