Today is Friday. Temperatures will be in the low 30s to low 40s, with cloudy skies in the north and mostly sunny skies to the south. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
In this March 2, 2021, file photo, Mary Rich of Waterboro is vaccinated by Kennebunk Fire Rescue paramedic David Garriepy during a MaineHealth COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Sanford. Credit: Gregory Rec / Portland Press Herald via AP
The decision to make younger Mainers eligible for the vaccine sooner comes as the virus has shown little sign of slowing in Maine despite the accelerated vaccination rollout, and as appointments have been slower to fill as supply has grown.
In this July 26, 2019, photo, a glass of tap water sits on a counter in Montreal, Quebec. Credit: Mackenzie Lad / Institute for Investigative Journalism/Concordia University via AP
“We want to make sure that when somebody turns on their water tap they do not have lead.”
In this July 10, 2012, file photo, Amtrak Conductor Peter McHugh stows the gangway as the Downeaster to Boston leaves Portland. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
The extension could bring an economic boon for the city, but similar plans have fallen through in the past.
Sharon Kennedy, the mother convicted of murdering her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa Kennedy, listens to the prosecution speak at the Waldo Judicial Center in Belfast during her sentencing hearing in February 2020. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Sharon Kennedy is serving a 48-year prison term for her role in the 2018 beating death of her 10-year-old daughter Marissa in Stockton Springs.
bluShift Aerospace made history on Jan. 31 by launching the Stardust 1.0 at roughly 3 p.m., marking the world’s first commercial launch of a rocket powered by a bio-derived fuel. Credit: Chris Bouchard / Aroostook Republican & News
The Stardust 2.0, an improved iteration of the first rocket but with the same amount of power, would be launched from the Loring Commerce Centre in Limestone — where the 1.0 made history — at the end of the summer.
The new McKay Farm Preserve in Phippsburg features ledges throughout the forest. Credit: Courtesy of Phippsburg Land Trust
The McKay Farm Preserve offers a 2.1-mile loop hike that navigates hills, ravines, ledges, fields and an old town road. It’s connected to the trail system of the neighboring Cooley Center Pond Preserve, which extends the loop hike to 4.8 miles.
Provided shelter, food, water and appropriate veterinary care, barn cats are perfectly happy and useful parts of a homestead. Credit: Courtesy of Kassie Dwyer
While barn cats don’t long for a human companion, they can still lend a helping paw — or claws — to homesteaders with rodent problems.
