COVID-19 pandemic

Published
September 25, 2020

If you requested an absentee ballot, expect to get it soon

Maine voters are requesting absentee ballots in record numbers, and in the next few days local election officials will begin to mail those ballots out.
Published
September 23, 2020

Letter: President’s failures on COVID-19 have been monumental
Published
September 21, 2020

Falmouth student tests positive for COVID-19, hybrid schooling to continue

Superintendent Geoff Bruno said a combination of of remote learning and in-school classes will continue.
Published
September 18, 2020

Letter: Balentine’s mistrust misplaced in Fauci/Trump positions
Published
September 16, 2020

Westbrook schools back in session for hybrid year

Classes resume under the hybrid model after a transportation software glitch and a too-short substitute teacher roster prompted a delay in reopoening.

Published
September 15, 2020

Superintendent’s Notebook: Working together, we can make change succeed
Published
September 10, 2020

Letter: Opening schools in face of pandemic could be devastating
Published
September 4, 2020

Bill Nemitz: Mainers can face COVID-19 head-on, or they can hide behind God

The Sanford preacher at the center of Maine's worst pandemic outbreak promises the 'pestilence' will be smote from on high.
Published
September 3, 2020

Maine hits snag in effort to distribute pandemic aid to seafood industry

Individual fishermen, fishing charters and seafood dealers must demonstrate revenue losses before receiving checks, probably in November.
Published
August 30, 2020

Mainers cite postal failures, worries ahead of November election

Across the state, customers tell of late or lost letters and packages as scrutiny of the U.S. Postal Service mounts amid a global pandemic and before the presidential vote.