Today is Wednesday. Temperatures will be in the high 70s to high 50s from north to south, with sunny skies throughout the state. See what else is in store this week for the weather and your allergies here. Here’s a look at today’s gas prices.
Two more Mainers have died and another 771 COVID-19 cases reported across the state, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That brings the statewide death toll to 2,327. Check out our tracker for more information.
Data reported by the New York Times this week show that Aroostook County has the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 cases, with an average of 67 cases per day and 99 cases per a population of 100,000. That’s higher than every county in the United States excepting some counties in the U.S. territories of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The Hampden school district banned Shawn McBreairty, 51, from stepping foot on school grounds for meeting purposes and attending any school functions until Dec. 31.
Second home prices in Cumberland County almost doubled over the past year as cash buyers and remote workers flocked to Maine, snapping up year-round residences in addition to seasonal ones.
Clare Mundell, 59, began working at Acadia Hospital in November 2017. Now she fights for female psychologists getting paid about half of what it paid their male counterparts.
Michael Laliberte will become the University of Maine at Augusta’s president on Aug. 1, 10 months after officials with the State University of New York at Delhi cast votes of no confidence on his leadership.
Depending on the decisions in two cases before Maine’s supreme court, the project could be either revived or killed for good. There are a range of options between those extremes as well, including CMP needing to find a new route.
Voters passed the ordinance last month that would require medical marijuana caregivers to get a permit in Dover-Foxcroft beyond the required state license.
