What seniors can expect when COVID vaccines begin to roll out

Here’s a look at what’s known, what’s not and what lies ahead.

Mills orders stores to deny entry to maskless shoppers as COVID-19 cases climb

Gov. Janet Mills also says she is ‘running out of available public health tools,’ short of closing schools or businesses, to try to contain the spread of the virus.

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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.

Maine colleges lend critical research freezers as state mobilizes for historic vaccine rollout

UNE, SMCC, Bates and Colby lend ultra-cold freezers needed to store the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer.

Three deputy fire chiefs in Portland disciplined for not enforcing mask mandates

Fire Chief Keith Gautreau, who was photographed without a mask in a firehouse, conceded that 'we could all do better with this and we should be' and 'it starts at the top.'

Despite calls from some residents, Phippsburg board continues to buck mask requirements

Eight residents asked selectmen to require masks in municipal buildings to protect town employees and the public, but the board again declined.

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.

Congress stuck as McConnell torpedoes bipartisan aid deal

A negotiating group including Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is working to rally lawmakers behind the $908 billion framework that includes a $300-per-week pandemic jobless benefit and $160 billion for state and local governments.