Today is Monday. Temperatures will be in the low 40s to mid-50s from north to south, with a chance for rain in the north and sunny and breezy to the south. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
In this April 13, 2021, file photo, Quynh Tran, a pharmacist with The Public Health Commission Corps, prepares a vial of Moderna vaccine at a mobile vaccination unit that was stationed at the Oxford Casino. Credit: Andree Kehn / Sun Journal via AP
Maine saw a 20 percent decrease in weekly COVID-19 vaccinations this week, a development that will challenge public health officials as they pursue more flexible options.
James Jarvis, senior physician executive of Northern Light Health’s COVID-19 response, speaks during a Feb. 1 press conference. Credit: Natalie Williams / BDN
COVID-19 hospitalizations at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center are at their highest in two months, with most of the people hospitalized at the Bangor facility coming from rural communities.
In this July 13, 2011, photo, a capitol security officer makes his way past an entrance to the State House in Augusta. Credit: Pat Wellenbach / AP
As most states around the country have passed police oversight legislation in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Maine’s legislative decisions are still to come.
Munye Mohamed, better known as Shine, stands on the basketball court in Portland’s Riverton Park public housing project where he grew up on Tuesday. His latest Youtube video garnered more than a million views in its first week. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
The father of three is focused on showing his children, as well as his community, that dreams are worth chasing.
A view of the border crossing station in Houlton. Credit: Alexander MacDougall / Houlton Pioneer Times
With the world’s longest border having been closed for more than a year, the challenge now is how to safely reopen without exposing people to further infections of COVID-19.
Natasha Irving is the district attorney for Waldo, Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Natasha Irving who serves the midcoast is seeking an investigation into Lincoln County government after she claims the county administrator told her employees she wasn’t their boss, kept her out of the hiring process for staff members and improperly handled a personnel matter that resulted in an employee’s two-day suspension.
Siobhan Sindoni of the Roll Call food truck serves up a roast beef sandwich outside the Belleflower Brewing Co. on Cove Street in Portland on Friday. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
After a year of dismal headlines and lost tourist dollars during the coronavirus pandemic, the city’s widely praised food scene may lean more heavily on food trucks than ever.
Changes in people’s activities during COVID-19, such as spending more time outdoors to avoid close contact with other people, led to more opportunities for tick encounters, according to UMaine’s 2020 annual report from its Tick Surveillance Program.
Two videos from a trail camera show wood ducks jumping and swimming in Kennebec County. Credit: Courtesy of Garrett Murch
Of all the critters that have shown up in this ongoing trail camera feature, we’ve seen a few bird submissions — owls and eagles, mostly — but not very many ducks. Until today.
