Despite a delayed start to the season and tighter budgets due to COVID-19, drivers are still gearing up for the big race just as they have in past years.
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Majority of RSU 56 students expected to learn at schools
Others will receive online instruction, home-schooling or private schooling.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
A look at safety measures proposed for each fall sport
The Maine Principals’ Association will decide Thursday whether high school sports — each with specific COVID-19 safety protocols — can be played this fall.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Thomas College prepares resident assistants to enforce COVID-19 restrictions in campus housing
Resident assistants at Thomas College will work with on-campus security to make sure all students are abiding by health and safety requirements.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
New jobless aid to have limited benefits as more Mainers slip into poverty
Struggling Mainers have turned to state assistance to make ends meet since enhanced unemployment benefits expired at the end of July.
Posted inNation / World, News
Controversial change in CDC testing guidelines was directed by White House task force
The CDC now says it isn’t necessary to test people who have been near infected people but are asymptomatic.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine summer camps offer lessons in preventing COVID-19 transmission
A new U.S. CDC study details the protocols used to reduce virus transmission among more than 1,000 campers and staff at 4 Maine summer camps.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, The Buzz
Flagship Cinemas to reopen Monday in Auburn
Flagship Cinemas in Auburn is reopening Monday, according to a Facebook post. The news was quickly greeted with “Awesome!!” and “Yayyyyyy!!!!” Janet Oprendek, Flagship Cinemas’ vice president of operations, said the theater will open with new releases “Tenet,” “Unhinged” and “The New Mutants,” with online ticketing available in the next few days. “When a customer […]
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Key panel recommends all high school sports be played this fall
On the eve of a Maine Principals’ Association vote to determine the fall season, the group’s Sports Medicine Committee says all sports – including football and soccer – can be played.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 claims another Maine life, and 24 new cases are reported
The state’s 7-day average of daily cases has decreased slightly in the last week.