By Larry Mahoney on Aug 18, 2021 05:16 pm Jordan Fitzpatrick, who has spent the past six seasons as an assistant coach with the University of Maine softball team, has been promoted to head coach. She will replace Mike Coutts, who had been the head coach since 2016. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 18, 2021 05:02 pm The Biden administration said Wednesday it was banning use of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide long targeted by environmentalists because it poses risks to children and farm workers. Read more... »
By Alexander MacDougall on Aug 18, 2021 04:43 pm The Gardiner Health Care Facility and the Madigan Estates Nursing Home are closed to visitors after having reported multiple cases of COVID-19 at their facilities. Read more... »
By Tribune Content Agency on Aug 18, 2021 04:35 pm The U.S. eclipsed 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time since March on Tuesday, according to a report. Read more... »
By Bill Trotter and Lia Russell on Aug 18, 2021 04:23 pm As precautionary measures, other staff members are getting tested for the virus and the office will be deep-cleaned. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 18, 2021 04:18 pm The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver's licenses or other identification were exposed in the breach. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 18, 2021 04:01 pm A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of people arrested after an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway that challenged state courts' jurisdiction over their case. Read more... »
By Leela Stockley on Aug 18, 2021 03:34 pm Face coverings will be temporarily required indoors at all seven of the University of Maine system campuses regardless of vaccination status. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 18, 2021 03:11 pm WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will require that nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. Read more... »
