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Published
October 16, 2020

Our View: Medical supply manufacturing moved overseas, and now we’re paying for it

The federal government should make more investments like those in Guilford-based Puritan, so we’ll have important supplies when we need them.
Published
October 15, 2020

Trump and Biden go at it – from a distance – in dueling town halls

Biden denounces the White House's handling of the pandemic while the president insists that the nation is turning the corner on the virus, even as his own battle with the disease takes center stage.
Published
October 15, 2020

Central Maine colleges say coronavirus-testing efforts paying benefits

Officials from Thomas College and Colby College in Waterville and the University of Maine at Farmington have reported low numbers of infections and good cooperation from students and staff members as schools continue with testing.
Published
October 15, 2020

Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardizing gains against child labor

Across the developing world, two decades of gains against child labor are eroding.
Published
October 15, 2020

Defense Department study finds low risk of virus infection through air on a packed plane

Officials and scientists said the results were encouraging, but were careful to highlight their study's limits.

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Published
October 15, 2020

U.S., Europe reel as virus infections surge at record pace

In the United States, new cases per day are on the rise in 44 states, with many of the biggest surges in the Midwest and Great Plains, where resistance to masks and other precautions has been running high. Deaths per day are climbing in 30 states.
Published
October 15, 2020

Hockey outbreaks in New England have Maine CDC on alert

No positive cases have been linked directly to a hockey referee who worked seven games in Maine and tested positive for COVID-19.
Published
October 15, 2020

Freeport area schools decide not to reopen in ‘green,’ hope to bring back K-5 full-time

While the goal since August has been to bring all students back this month, Superintendent Beck Foley said that with the current space constraints of the schools and needing to keep kids at least 3 feet apart, bringing everyone back was not an option.
Published
October 15, 2020

UMaine football team back on practice field, looking to spring

The Black Bears are preparing for a six-game season next spring after the fall season was called off because of the pandemic.
Published
October 15, 2020

MPA, state officials to begin talks on winter season

Guidelines for high school sports this winter will be discussed Friday in a meeting between the Maine Principals' Association and state officials.