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Bangor-area teachers say their vaccinations are key for more in-person...
Hampden Academy history teacher Beth Kilgore started her 10-day quarantine Thursday morning after finding out that she had been in contact with someone at school Wednesday who had tested positive for...
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Lincoln man who raped 14-year-old relative will serve 12 years behind bars
If you or someone you know needs resources or support related to sexual violence, contact the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s 24/7 hotline at 800-871-7741. A Lincoln man who raped and...
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Maine universities expect a return to normal this fall
University of Maine students might sit unmasked with classmates in neighboring seats in full lecture halls next semester. They might attend sporting events and performances and hang out with big...
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Western Maine saw early coronavirus defiance, then people from away seeking...
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. Sunday River ski resort in Newry was swarming with...
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Life is much quieter in Maine’s largest city
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. With its floor-to-ceiling windows covered with brown...
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In the Maine county with highest infection rate, precautions and outdoors let...
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. On a Tuesday morning in late February, the Kittery...
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In Skowhegan and Newport, a sense that the pandemic hasn’t hit hard
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. The Bankery in downtown Skowhegan has been closed for...
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In Aroostook County, the closed border and canceled events leave gaping holes
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. In early March 2020, the Swamp Buck restaurant in...
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In Ellsworth, it’s been ‘easy to overlook’ COVID-19
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. Ellsworth’s Main Street was bustling at lunchtime on...
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In Patten and Houlton, COVID-19 has residents relieved they live where they do
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. Ellis Family Market in Patten has a few signs...
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Neighbors set themselves apart from Steuben after town passes anti-mask...
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ road trip across the state one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an overview of the project here. Steuben Town Clerk Julie Ginn and her deputy, Joy...
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What we saw on a road trip through Maine 1 year into the pandemic
This story is part of the Bangor Daily News’ examination of the effects of the coronavirus in Maine, one year after the first case was detected in the state. Read all of our coronavirus coverage here....
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Employee with hepatitis A prepared food at Orono convenience store
An employee with an acute hepatitis A infection handled food at an Orono convenience store intermittently through the first three weeks of March, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and...
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Maine universities now have a way to rename campus buildings
The University of Maine System now has a policy for renaming campus facilities six months after it changed the name of a UMaine building named for a former eugenicist. When the university system’s...
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Bangor tries to limit school budget increase amid parents’ job losses
The Bangor School Department expects its budget to grow by about 1.3 percent for the upcoming school year, as it attempts to avoid an increase that could require local taxpayers to chip in more. The...
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Bangor-area schools prepare to bring students back for more in-person days
Many Bangor-area students could soon be in school four or five days a week for the first time since last March. As teachers and school staff get vaccinated and virus cases stabilize in Penobscot...
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Sudden switch to remote learning has caused Maine students to fall behind in...
Shealynn Hutchinson was experiencing anxiety as she attended in-person classes five days a week at Bangor’s James F. Doughty School during the COVID-19 pandemic. So her mother recently allowed the...
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Bangor High School goes fully remote due to COVID-19 case
Bangor High School shut down for in-person learning on Tuesday after a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a student or staff member, the city’s school department said. High school students will learn...
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More Maine college graduates will walk across the stage this spring
Most Maine college seniors will be able to walk across the stage and collect their diplomas in person this spring, signaling the return of a rite of passage that wasn’t available to graduates a year...
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Pressure cooker in parking lot leads Bangor Walmart to briefly shut down
A pressure cooker sitting in a parking spot at the Walmart store in Bangor on Wednesday afternoon led the store to shut down for about an hour while police investigated the suspicious device. In the...
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