Today is Friday. Temperatures will be in low 60s to low 70s from north to south, with sunny skies throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Thursday called the CDC’s new mask guidance “overdue” but “certainly a step in the right direction.” Collins has criticized the CDC for mask guidance that she said was not consistent with the best available evidence.
In this May 18, 2020, file photo, customers dine inside at the Hot Spot Diner in Wiscasset. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Indoor venues can fill to 75 percent capacity on that date. Venues will not be required to adhere to physical distancing requirements except at indoor restaurants and other places where it is not possible to wear face coverings.
In this Dec. 2, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, is sworn in as Senate president by Justice Andrew Mead at the Augusta Civic Center.
Emily Robinson, a special education teacher at Vine Street School in Bangor, smiles when she sees the face of one of her students on her computer screen in this April 2020 file photo. Though the COVID pandemic appears to be easing in the U.S. and many school districts expect to be able to return to full in-person learning this fall, some Maine school districts say they may keep remote learning as an option for some students. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
While education experts tend to believe more students have struggled with remote learning, they acknowledge that some students have thrived under it.
In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, Cianbro employees guide the top of the first pole of the NECEC hydropower transmission corridor onto its base. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
An appeals court judge on Thursday vacated an injunction that had prevented Central Maine Power’s parent company from starting work on the last 53 miles of a controversial hydropower project from The Forks to the Canadian border.
An overlook near the summit of Morse Mountain offers a view of Sprague River Salt Marsh. Credit: Courtesy of Aislinn Sarnacki
The 600-acre Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area in Phippsburg is an excellent spot for wildlife watching. It’s also popular because it features one of the state’s largest sand beaches: Seawall Beach.
