Today is Wednesday. Temperatures will be in the low 70s with rain and high winds throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Here’s the latest on the coronavirus in Maine
Another Mainer has died as 37 coronavirus cases were reported in Maine on Monday, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. There are 567 active confirmed and “probable” cases in the state and the death toll remains at 141. Check out our COVID-19 Tracker for more information.
The pandemic-strapped hotel industry is on the brink of national collapse with Maine standing to lose two-thirds of hotels and direct lodging jobs if Congress doesn’t approve more aid soon, according to a survey released Tuesday by a national hotel association.
Maine health officials have discovered three new coronavirus outbreaks in inland York County, as well as new cases connected to an ongoing outbreak at Sanford High School.
Maine’s 1st openly trans person elected to office wants to keep Passamaquoddy culture ‘front and center’
Geo Neptune was surprised to learn that they had become the first openly transgender person elected to office in Maine. Though they can now add the title of elected official to their resume, Neptune’s life story includes many other identifiers: basketmaker, activist, drag queen, model, educator, storyteller, tattoo artist, homesteader.
Under pressure for plastic use, Poland Spring to work with UMaine on sustainable packaging
Water bottler Poland Spring said Tuesday that it is collaborating with the University of Maine to develop bio-based alternative packaging. The move comes as Poland Spring’s parent, the Swiss conglomerate Nestle, looks to sell the Maine company partly because of rising consumer resistance to its plastic bottles.
Key witness in Down East murder trial shares eyewitness account of shooting death
Quaneysha Greeley, 22, of Lewiston was the state’s key witness in the murder trial of Carine Reeves, 40. Reeves has been accused of shooting Sally Shaw, 55, to death in Cherryfield in July 2017. Her body was found by a passing motorist on Route 193, according to court documents. Greeley is also charged with murder in the case.
Bangor could soon ban discrimination based on gender identity
There is another hurdle lingering — two land-use lawsuits that are still pending in Waldo County Superior and U.S. District courts. Those cases are important: A judge’s ruling could force Nordic to find another path to the bay, thereby slowing or potentially stopping the project.
Top legislative Democrats hit Maine university system for retiree health care switch
Top Democrats in the Maine Legislature asked the state university system this week to halt impending changes to retiree health care benefits, saying the changes were “callous” and made in bad faith during the coronavirus pandemic. Retirees and union officials slammed the University of Maine System for making the changes without bargaining or public discussion.
Head north if you want to find grouse this Maine hunting season
On Monday, I drove north to Ashland to interview a few successful moose hunters on the first day of moose season. And every time I sidled over to another group of moose hunters, I kept hearing the same semi-whispered reports. “Man, it was hot out there,” someone would say. “But boy, are we seeing a lot of birds.”
In other Maine news…
Rockport claims school district disregarded its concerns about funding formula for years
Winds up to 50 mph forecast to hit Maine on Wednesday
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