There have been 17 times as many U.S. measles cases in the first 3 months of this year compared with the average number seen in the first 3 months of the previous 3 years.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville Board of Education gives preliminary OK to $32.28 million school budget
Salaries and benefits are driving an increase in the budget proposal, according to officials.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Muslim leaders are ‘out of words’ as they tire of the White House outreach on war in Gaza
After months of mounting concerns over the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, Biden had publicly, albeit vaguely, threatened to cut U.S. assistance to Israel’s military operations in the Hamas-controlled territory.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion
Instagram and other social media companies have faced growing criticism for not doing enough to protect young people.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Governor, House speaker call on Senate president to reconvene budget committee
Gov. Janet Mills also has asked Senate President Troy Jackson to hold a floor vote on a $60 million proposal to rebuild storm-damaged coastal infrastructure.
Posted inNews, Sports
Selectmen approve converting Philbrick Park in Farmington Falls to a multiuse ball field
A $40 donation was accepted from Karyl and Roger Condit for art supplies at the Parks and Recreation Department.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan to hire clerk of works to oversee community center athletic complex project
Town officials agreed the project needs more oversight, after some were disappointed in the quality of construction at Skowhegan’s new public safety building.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Maine’s high court rejects Mark Cardilli’s bid for new trial in 2019 killing
The Portland man will likely have to return to prison after the Supreme Judicial Court rules that a decision to vacate his manslaughter conviction is incorrect, and he has no basis for a self-defense argument.
Posted inNation & World, Sports
O.J. Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76
Simpson earned fame, fortune and adulation through football and show business, but his legacy was forever changed by the June 1994 knife slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Update: Canaan man charged with OUI after his pickup truck collides with vehicle
A Jay woman said she followed the driver, August Darge, 60, on Route 2 in Canaan because he appeared to be intoxicated. Shortly afterward, police said, Darge’s pickup hit the woman’s vehicle.