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See how your county compares to the CDC’s mask-wearing threshold

By Jessica Piper on Jul 28, 2021 05:53 pm
The CDC recommends people wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status if there is substantial transmission of the virus in their community.
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Maine businesses signal willingness to follow Janet Mills’ new mask guidelines

By Lori Valigra on Jul 28, 2021 05:45 pm
However, some recalled the stress among customers and staff that the governor's mask mandate brought earlier in the pandemic.
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Route 9 closed for 8 hours after early-morning crash

By Bill Trotter on Jul 28, 2021 05:06 pm
The highway, which connects the Bangor area to Calais and is heavily used by trucks crossing the Canadian border, was shut down Wednesday between Wesley and the Route 1 intersection in Baileyville.
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Fantastical comedy ‘Aquitania’ tells the tale of a land between the mountains and the sea in Camden

By Judy Harrison on Jul 28, 2021 05:03 pm
“Aquitania” is a fantastical comedy written and directed by the festival’s artistic director, Stephen Legawiec. It is co-produced by the Ziggurat Theatre ensemble, which first performed the play in 2001 in California.
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Eddington man who threatened to kill relative and pets gets 10 months in prison

By Judy Harrison on Jul 28, 2021 04:53 pm
Amilio Samaroo was arrested at about 4 a.m. April 9, 2020, following the standoff with police who responded to a domestic violence call at Samaroo's home on Clewleyville Road.
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Chris Sununu: No plans to issue new mask guidance in New Hampshire 

By The Associated Press on Jul 28, 2021 04:49 pm
Gov. Chris Sununu said New Hampshire will not be issuing new mask guidance following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that even fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas where COVID-19 transmission is substantial or high.
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New class will be inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame on Aug. 22

By Ernie Clark on Jul 28, 2021 04:38 pm
Last year's ceremony was canceled due to COVID-19.
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Oldest fossils of animals may be in Canada rocks, study says

By The Associated Press on Jul 28, 2021 04:29 pm
The dating of adjacent rock layers indicates the samples of the ancient sponges are about 890 million years old, which would make them about 350 million years older than the oldest undisputed sponge fossils previously found.
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Israeli lawmakers urge Ben & Jerry’s to drop settlement ban 

By The Associated Press on Jul 28, 2021 04:06 pm
In a letter to the Vermont-based ice cream maker, the lawmakers said they were "standing together against the shameful actions" of the company.
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Milford man says mom is framing him in drug case

By Sawyer Loftus on Jul 28, 2021 03:43 pm
Brian Adam Corvino, 33, said his mother had written his name in a book police found to frame him.
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