Sports classified as moderate risk can start scrimmaging Jan. 4; regional competitions can start Jan. 11.
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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine gets key endorsement from FDA panel
The action all but guarantees that the Food and Drug Administration will authorize it on an emergency basis within hours or days, as the nation nears 300,000 deaths.
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Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Swimming, Varsity Maine
High school swimming, indoor track teams fighting off winter blues
Optimism remains for some form of a season in the pool, likely virtual, but a lack of facilities and logistical issues make an indoor season unlikely.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News, Schools & Education, Varsity Maine
Spruce Mountain school board votes down winter sports
Athletic director, superintendent favored students playing.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
How do the vaccines work?
How many doses of the Pfizer vaccine will Maine get and when? The Maine CDC expects to receive 12,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as soon as next week, and it will use them to vaccinate front-line health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Maine has an estimated 75,000 health care workers with […]
Posted inNation / World, News
Jewish Americans plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations to avoid virus
Many are already accustomed to more intimate celebrations of a holiday focused more on the home than on the synagogue.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Musical family takes Oakland-based RSU 18 chorus international
Choral directors Kevin and Pam Rhein are working with their daughter and son-in-law on a choral collaboration with the Marymount International School in Rome, Italy.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Canton facility administrator among 29 employees with COVID-19
Mark Jacobs said he is recovering at home and expects to return to work Monday.
Posted inMaine
Winthrop officials discuss publishing mask-related complaints against local businesses
Town Councilor Barbara Alexander says Winthrop’s emergency management officials should publish face mask-related complaints. Some others on the council said they were not sold on the idea.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Bishop urges Maine Catholics to receive COVID vaccine, allaying concerns about use of fetal tissue
Some Catholics have questioned whether they should be vaccinated if tissue from aborted fetuses was used to develop or test the COVID-19 vaccines.