Thursday RSU 73 directors chose a school reopening model that has students attending school two days a week and remotely the other three.
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Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Breaking bread, building community
Ora Breads, a volunteer bread guild pioneered by the Rev. Paul Dumais provides a learning opportunity and a way to feed the community.
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Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Schools & Education
Parents face challenging decisions
Parents are thinking about health concerns, socialization and comfort when deciding whether or not to send their children back to school.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Patriots notebook: No fans will be allowed at Gillette Stadium through at least September
New England will play its first two home games – against the Dolphins and Raiders – without any fans
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2020 pet owner dilemma: ‘Buy groceries for me or my snake?’
With free clinics and free food, more Maine people are needing help with pets, including horses, during the COVID-19 pandemic. And two local rescue groups say the number of people looking to abandon pets is way up.
Posted inMaine
New Balance factories in Skowhegan, Norridgewock reopen after COVID-19 case
The shoe factories closed last Friday for precautionary cleaning following the company’s first confirmed case in Maine.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine Senate will meet to vote on ethics commission nominees
The long-awaited confirmation votes could finally fill vacancies on the state’s five-member panel that oversees state election laws.
Posted inNews
Sagadahoc County tops state in COVID-19 infection rate, despite low case count
Nancy Riley, an epidemiology professor at Bowdoin College, said Sagadahoc County has a higher COVID-19 infection rate now, even though it has fewer cases than other counties in Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
The U.S. forced major manufacturers to build ventilators. Now they’re piling up unused in a strategic reserve.
Some suppliers delivered ahead of schedule. Others, like Ford, faced production delays.
Posted inBusiness
Business leaders say they are unlikely to implement Trump’s payroll tax order
Retailers, restaurants, auto part suppliers and other top businesses describe the president’s executive action as ‘unworkable.’