Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the single digits to low 20s from north to south, with strong winds creating a harsh chill and mostly cloudy skies throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Maine will get more than 55,000 new vaccines this week as the federal government distributes the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine, increasing the total number of vaccines sent here since mid-December by more than 20 percent in just one shipment.
Sgt. Richard Grant of the Air National Guard helps point a patient in the right direction at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday.
After high interest in vaccines led to clogged phone lines and website slowdowns when Maine rolled out the vaccine to those aged 70 and up, the additional sites — and increased supply — should help Maine meet some of the new demand.
People wait to get into the vaccination site at Cross Insurance Center on Saturday.
Northern Light Health apologized on Monday after several people were booted from its vaccine registration portal and saw long wait times as the hospital network began taking appointments for people 60 and older.
In this Jan. 29, 2021, file photo, social studies teacher Logan Landry looks over the shoulder of seventh-grader Simone Moore as she works on a project while seated next to a cutout of Elvis Presley at the Bruce M. Whittier Middle School in Poland.
The majority of Maine K-12 school employees will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in May.
The husband of a Bangor woman who died by suicide while an inmate at the Hancock County Jail in October 2018 is suing the county, saying jail staff didn’t provide her with adequate mental health services.
