Maine voters have already requested more than 100,000 absentee ballots for the July 14 primary, and local election officials say it will be a ‘daunting’ task to process those ballots so that results are known on election night.
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Maine transportation commissioner urges passage of highway bond
The $105 million borrowing package is critical to pay for bridge and highway projects as the Department of Transportation faces a massive revenue shortfall, says Commissioner Bruce Van Note.
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Furloughed workers return to area hospitals
Both Central Maine Healthcare and St. Mary’s Health System say most of their employees are back on the job and the rest are expected to return soon.
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Fair food vendors try to find a way through the pandemic
Vendors like Keven Cleasby from New Hampshire are struggling to find a market for their food carts, and others like Richmond-based Ye Olde English Fish and Chips are serving a local customer base closer to home, but the summer is still early.
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Rapinoe, two other national team players, opt out of NWSL tournament
Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press and Tobin Heath will skip the Challenge Cup, which opens this weekend in greater Salt Lake City.
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McDonald’s to hire 1,000 new workers in Maine for indoor dining
The state’s 62 fast-food franchises are expanding options beyond drive-through and takeout, now that dine-in restrictions have been lifted.
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Maine reports 23 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths
There have been no deaths in six days, and the number of people who have recovered increased to 2,443, as the number of active cases declined to 449.
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Bath shipyard strike won’t affect delivery of machines to swab maker
The shipyard’s largest union launched its first strike in nearly 20 years on Monday, removing over half of the company’s workforce.
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RSU 9 superintendent expects budget to pass
Voters in the 10 district towns will go to the polls July 14.
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Watch live: Fauci testifies to Congress at a fraught time for U.S. pandemic response
Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the nation emerges from weeks of stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns – and sees worrisome increases in cases.