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Sept. 20 evening update: The latest on the coronavirus and Maine

By Christopher Burns on Sep 20, 2020 03:11 pm
Here’s a roundup of the latest news about the coronavirus and its impact in Maine.


Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski won’t back Supreme Court vote before election

By The Associated Press on Sep 20, 2020 01:30 pm
Murkowski joined Maine Sen. Susan Collins among Republicans opposed to confirming a successor to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the election.


Trump could name his Supreme Court pick in days. He says it will be a woman.

By Tribune Content Agency on Sep 20, 2020 01:19 pm
Trump was moving to nominate a woman to the court at a time when his 2020 reelection bid is faring especially poorly among female voters.


Aroostook County man’s death inspires widow to improve rural emergency cellphone service

By Morgan Mitchell on Sep 20, 2020 12:44 pm
In the months after her husband's death, Lisa Brissette worked to bring better emergency communication capabilities to rural Maine where even emergency cell service was lacking.


45 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Maine

By Christopher Burns on Sep 20, 2020 12:26 pm
No new deaths were reported Sunday, leaving the statewide death toll at 139.


GOP hopeful Supreme Court battle will help shift election

By The Associated Press on Sep 20, 2020 12:07 pm
Nothing has motivated the Republican Party's disparate factions to come home quite like the prospect of a lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court.


Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin, source says

By The Associated Press on Sep 20, 2020 10:45 am
The letter appeared to have originated in Canada.


NH tax protester in 2007 armed standoff requests time served sentence

By The Associated Press on Sep 20, 2020 10:41 am
Edward Brown, 78, was sentenced to 37 years in prison after the standoff at his fortress-like home in Plainfield, New Hampshire.


Former Red Sox star David Ortiz had the coronavirus

By The Associated Press on Sep 20, 2020 10:34 am
Ortiz said he was asymptomatic, but that his brother who was also infected spent a week in the hospital and lost 25 pounds.


Maine blueberry industry reels from drought, late frost, pandemic

By The Associated Press on Sep 20, 2020 10:24 am
All those conditions have conspired to make 2020 a difficult year for Maine's wild blueberry producers.




 

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