Today is Monday. Temperatures will be in the mid-20s to the mid-30s from north to south, with mostly sunny skies across much of the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo, shoppers comply with the mask regulations to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus at Bridgton Books in Bridgton. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Need has only increased for most businesses since the summer, when the Paycheck Protection Program expired.
A man walks by the former location of BRGR Bar on Brown Street in Portland on Friday. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
A slew of restaurants in the city have called it quits during the pandemic. Others are ailing as capacities remain capped at a fraction of their former occupancy rates and customers opt to stay safer, eating at home.
Main Street at the intersection with Center Street Old Town. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Despite a few setbacks — which included a massive 2019 fire, soon followed by the coronavirus pandemic — community leaders looked at Old Town’s dwindling city center as a chance to start anew.
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine (right), walks with Jon Wertheim, a correspondent for CBS’ “60 Minutes,” during an interview in Brunswick in December. Courtesy of CBS
Angus King singled out Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, whose actions were “inimical to the interests of this country.”
Clockwise from top left, Chellie Pingree, Jared Golden, Susan Collins and Angus King. Composite / BDN and AP files Credit: Composite photo | BDN
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of the 1st District is the only member of Maine’s congressional district to back a second Democratic effort to impeach President Donald Trump that may come to a first vote a few days before the president is set to leave office.
The sun sets over Washington Academy in East Machias on Nov. 9, 2020. Credit: Bill Trotter / BDN Credit: Bill Trotter / BDN
A teacher at Washington Academy has been placed on leave after posting comments critical of the school’s new racial sensitivity training program on social media.
Mike “Jethro” Elliott and Kat Walls produce the podcast “The Box of Oddities” from their Bangor studio. Credit: Courtesy of Mike Elliott and Kat Walls Credit: Courtesy of Mike Elliott and Kat Walls
Bangor residents Mike Elliott and Kat Walls have both had long careers on air in broadcast radio, but podcasting — radio’s upstart, all-digital younger sibling — was always something the pair wanted to give a shot.
The Grist Mill Bridge, which crosses over Souadabscook Stream in Hampden, has been replaced as part of a reconstruction and paving project along a two-mile stretch of Route 1A. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
The Grist Mill Bridge in Hampden is the first to use a technology that makes the bridge resistant to corrosion and longer-lasting.
