Today is Wednesday. Temperatures will be in the mid-50s to low 60s from north to south, with a chance for scattered showers throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Jane Ellen Norman, 12, holds vaccination cards for her and her 14-year-old brother Owen outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Tuesday. The two were vaccinated Tuesday morning, after U.S. regulators expanded use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot to those as young as 12. Credit: Angie Wang / AP
That opens shots up to around 42,000 more children attending public schools here.
Lewiston’s handling of the circumstances surrounding its deputy chief’s departure means the public has no way to know how the police department addressed repeated concerns about the officer’s conduct. Credit: Photo illustration by Lindsay Putnam / BDN
A federal drug intelligence officer who works within a controversial arm of the Maine State Police resigned in 2014 from the Lewiston Police Department after two women separately accused him of harassment and intimidation, according to written complaints and public records.
Associate head coach Ben Guite (second from right) poses with (from left) University of Maine men’s hockey head coach Red Gendron, goaltender Jeremy Swayman (seated), Alfie Michaud and Sean Michael Walsh (right) in 2020. Guite, who has served interim head coach, will not hold that position permanently.
UMaine’s replacement for the late Red Gendron is expected to be announced at 11 a.m. today.
A line of people wait to enter Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center in April. The center is one of several past revenue-generators that have taken a backseat during the pandemic — it was eventually converted into a mass vaccination site by Northern Light Health. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
The $20.5 million in stimulus funds will be a vital lifeline for the city as it faces an uncertain economic future amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Black man who came to Maine from South Sudan as a refugee when he was 16 on Tuesday sued Whole Foods alleging the company discriminated against him when it refused to interview him for a supervisory position at the Portland store.
Bangor Daily News political editor Michael Shepherd (at left) asks Portland mayoral candidates during a televised debate on Oct. 27, 2015, in Portland. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
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