View this email in your browser

More US cities requiring proof of vaccination to go places

By The Associated Press on Aug 13, 2021 05:55 pm
Hold on to that vaccination card. A rapidly growing number of places across the U.S. are requiring people to show proof they have been inoculated against COVID-19 to teach school, work at a hospital, see a concert or eat inside a restaurant.
Read more... »

Former UMaine star Blanca Millan signs with top pro basketball league in Spain

By Larry Mahoney on Aug 13, 2021 05:43 pm
The former University of Maine women’s basketball star, who is fifth on the school’s all-time leading scoring list with 1,974 points, has signed a one-year deal with CB Gran Canaria in her native Spain.
Read more... »

Judge allows out-of-staters to get in on medical marijuana

By The Associated Press on Aug 13, 2021 05:34 pm
A federal court has ruled that Maine cannot bar out-of-state companies from operating medical marijuana dispensaries.
Read more... »

Doctors seek governor’s intervention to end Massachusetts nurses’ strike

By The Associated Press on Aug 13, 2021 05:19 pm
Five top doctors at a Massachusetts hospital where nurses have been on strike for longer than five months have asked Gov. Charlie Baker to intervene in a letter that also sharply criticizes the nurses' union.
Read more... »

2 Maine fugitives arrested in Tennessee

By Leela Stockley on Aug 13, 2021 05:04 pm
Two people who fled the state to allegedly evade law enforcement were arrested on Friday morning in Tennessee.
Read more... »

NOAA reports that July was hottest month on record

By The Associated Press on Aug 13, 2021 04:15 pm
Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced.
Read more... »

Ram pickups recalled; faulty side air bags can hurl shrapnel

By The Associated Press on Aug 13, 2021 03:52 pm
Stellantis is recalling more than 266,000 pickup trucks mainly in North America because the side air bags can explode without warning and hurl shrapnel into the cabin.
Read more... »

Searsmont church linked to Waldo County’s 2nd COVID-19 outbreak this week

By Abigail Curtis on Aug 13, 2021 03:34 pm
The outbreak linked to Calvary Chapel Belfast is the second that the Maine CDC is investigating in Waldo County this week.
Read more... »

What you need to know about US approval of extra COVID vaccines

By The Associated Press on Aug 13, 2021 03:14 pm
Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection as government advisers grapple with exactly who qualifies.
Read more... »

See how your town’s population has changed since 2010

By Jessica Piper on Aug 13, 2021 03:10 pm
Within both growing and shrinking counties, there were towns that bucked the trend.
Read more... »



Link
Facebook
Twitter
Copyright © 2021 bangordailynews, All rights reserved.
You're receiving this email because you opted in at our website, or because you subscribed to the Bangor Daily News.

Our mailing address is:
bangordailynews
1 Merchants Plz
Bangor, ME 04401-8302

Add us to your address book


Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.