Today is Friday. Temperatures will be in the high 40s to low 60s from north to south, with sunny or partly sunny skies throughout the state. See what’s in store for the weekend on our weather page. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Eight more Mainers have died and another 699 coronavirus cases have been reported across the state, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That brings the statewide death toll to 2,304. Check out our tracker for more information.
The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million.
ALSO: Crushing inflation, low housing inventory and rising mortgage costs are expected to slow the red hot housing market in Maine and across the U.S., a national economist warned.
It is the start of a process that is likely to bring First Amendment complaints to the courts and end an aspect of Maine culture that is horrifying or hilarious, depending on your taste.
