Wear a mask, but skip the gloves. Don’t sanitize the apples. And if you are older than 65, it’s probably best to still order your groceries online. As a food virologist, I hear a lot of questions from people about the coronavirus risks in grocery stores and how to stay safe while shopping for food […]
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Pandemic changing every aspect of shopping, from store layouts to how jeans are folded
Retailers that spent years trying to get customers to linger are reimagining their stores for a grab-and-go future to make shopping faster, easier and safer amid long-term shifts in consumer expectations and habits.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Clover Health Care reports fourth staff member testing positive for coronavirus
More than 550 people, including residents and staff, have been tested for COVID-19.
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective, Politics
Congressional candidates campaigning for Donald Trump’s approval
It’s become a truism that President Donald Trump, once shunned by the Republican Party establishment as a crude, clownish political dilettante of uncertain principles, has hijacked the party, intimidating incumbents who don’t demonstrate fealty to him by threatening primary challenges while dangling endorsements before candidates who fawn over him. Still, it must be uncomfortable for […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
The Year with No Summer: How the hardships and the politics of 1816 compare with today’s
The snow storm that invaded Maine a few days ago along with equivocal prospects for both our health and the economy have brought to mind the question of whether Maine has ever confronted other problematic seasons such as the one that is about to unfold. Though a familiar point of comparison has been the 1918 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
VIDEOS: Watch the flyover salute to essential workers in Maine
The flyover from the 101st Air Refueling Wing of the Maine National Guard in Bangor salutes those supporting COVID-19 response efforts.
Posted inPerspective
Are we living in a dystopia?
Dystopian fiction is hot. Sales of George Orwell’s “1984” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” have skyrocketed since 2016. Young adult dystopias – for example, Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games,”Veronica Roth’s “Divergent,”Lois Lowry’s classic, “The Giver” – were best-sellers even before. And with COVID-19, dystopias featuring diseases have taken on new life. Netflix reports a spike in popularity for “Outbreak,” “12 Monkeys” and others. Does this […]
Posted inPerspective
Cellphone monitoring is spreading with the coronavirus. So is an uneasy tolerance of surveillance.
More than two dozen countries are tracking cellphones to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Posted inMaine
Polar vortex to remind Maine what winter was like this weekend
Androscoggin County could see at least 3 inches of snow with more forecast for areas farther north.
Posted inBusiness, River Valley
Rumford tattoo shop looks to ink deal with state to open early
Ink Maine is one of Maine’s tattoo shops looking to open earlier than the current plan from Gov.Janet Mills.