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Cumberland County Jail is on Lockdown due to staffing and COVID

Current inmates are stuck in their cells more than 23 hours a day while new prisoners are being diverted

Lisbon woman with rare cancer runs Maine Marathon day early and for a good cause

She ran the Maine Marathon to bring awareness to EHE, a rare type of cancer with no cure

No Pumpkinfest regatta as event is scaled down this year

The pumpkins are back in Damariscotta, mostly anyway.

Jay man accused of setting fire to home where he was living

Investigators with the Maine Fire Marshal’s Office have charged a Jay man with setting a fire that damaged a residence, a motorcycle and two other vehicles.

Bangor school evacuated Friday after threat found inside

A school in Bangor was evacuated Friday afternoon after a threat was found written inside the building.

Maine sees another 738 cases of coronavirus and two deaths

Maine health officials reported another 738 case of coronavirus and two virus-related deaths on Friday.

Woman charged in burglary of Fairfield home

A Fairfield woman is accused of burglarizing a home Wednesday evening.

Maine pharmacists report uptick in Ivermectin prescriptions

(AP) Maine pharmacists are seeing an increase in the number of prescriptions for ivermectin, enough for the Maine Board of Pharmacy to issue a warning to the state’s pharmacists.

More than 1,000 UMaine system students must get vaccinated by Oct. 15

(AP) More than 1,000 University of Maine System students must come into compliance with the system’s vaccination and testing requirements this month or they will be withdrawn from courses without a refund.

Maine’s vaccine mandate for health care workers in effect, but not being enforced

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The governor’s mandate for health care workers to be vaccinated went into effect on Friday, but it won’t be enforced right away.

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