MADISON, Wis. — Rising coronavirus cases in key presidential battleground states a little more than two weeks before Election Day are the latest worry for election officials and voters fearing chaos or exposure to the virus at polling places despite months of planning. The prospect of poll workers backing out at the last minute because […]
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Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Trump and Biden go at it – from a distance – in dueling town halls
Biden denounces the White House’s handling of the pandemic while the president insists that the nation is turning the corner on the virus, even as his own battle with the disease takes center stage.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Central Maine colleges say coronavirus-testing efforts paying benefits
Officials from Thomas College and Colby College in Waterville and the University of Maine at Farmington have reported low numbers of infections and good cooperation from students and staff members as schools continue with testing.
Posted inNation & World
Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardizing gains against child labor
Across the developing world, two decades of gains against child labor are eroding.
Posted inUncategorized
U.S., Europe reel as virus infections surge at record pace
In the United States, new cases per day are on the rise in 44 states, with many of the biggest surges in the Midwest and Great Plains, where resistance to masks and other precautions has been running high. Deaths per day are climbing in 30 states.
Posted inSports
Hockey outbreaks in New England have Maine CDC on alert
No positive cases have been linked directly to a hockey referee who worked seven games in Maine and tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine football team back on practice field, looking to spring
The Black Bears are preparing for a six-game season next spring after the fall season was called off because of the pandemic.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
MPA, state officials to begin talks on winter season
Guidelines for high school sports this winter will be discussed Friday in a meeting between the Maine Principals’ Association and state officials.
Posted inSports
For now, it’s practices only for youth hockey teams at Maine ice rinks
Games around the state were shut down last week after a referee who worked eight games tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Augusta school officials report no new COVID-19 cases after student tested positive last week
Superintendent James Anastasio said Wednesday that there are no other active cases in the school district and that other students who had been quarantining are due to return to class.