A DAILY DIGEST OF MAINE NEWS
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021 — ISSUE #75
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CORONAVIRUS IN MAINE
33,876 TOTAL CASES (An increase of 317 from Sunday)
514 DEATHS (An increase of 3 from Sunday)
317 NEW DAILY CASES (A decrease of 23 from Sunday)
21,053 TOTAL ACTIVE CASES (A decrease of 6 from Sunday)
194 CURRENTLY IN HOSPITAL (A decrease of 11 from Sunday)
79,149 MAINERS VACCINATED (An increase of 1,065 from Sunday)
TOP STORIES
Another three Mainers have died as health officials on Monday reported 317 more coronavirus cases across the state.

Monday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 33,876, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from 33,559 on Sunday.

Of those, 27,768 have been confirmed positive, while 6,108 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported.

A Hancock County resident and two Penobscot County residents have succumbed to the virus, bringing the statewide toll to 514. Nearly all deaths have been in Mainers over age 60.
Echoes of the past and the long road ahead for racial justice (By Randy Billings of the Portland Press Herald)
As an angry mob of mostly white men, including far-right militias and hate groups, mounted a violent insurrection Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, Leonard Cummings’ failing eyes didn’t need to see the images of rioters overtaking police officers and carrying Confederate flags to know what was happening.
RELATED: My ancestor kept slaves (By Steve Cartwright of the Penobscot Bay Pilot)
The Maine high school basketball tournament normally marks an annual rite of renewed relationships for Suzanne Fletcher and the staff at Timber Kitchen and Bar in Bangor.

The restaurant at the Residence Inn by Marriott on Bass Park Boulevard — across the street from the Cross Insurance Center — has become a familiar stop for fans each February vacation week since it opened in late 2015.

The hotel’s 124 rooms typically are sold out during tourney time, and that also means big business for the restaurant.
The Maine high school basketball tournament normally marks an annual rite of renewed relationships for Suzanne Fletcher and the staff at Timber Kitchen and Bar in Bangor.

The restaurant at the Residence Inn by Marriott on Bass Park Boulevard — across the street from the Cross Insurance Center — has become a familiar stop for fans each February vacation week since it opened in late 2015.

The hotel’s 124 rooms typically are sold out during tourney time, and that also means big business for the restaurant.
With moratorium nixed, marijuana grower plans Thorndike expansion (By Greg Levinsky of the Morning Sentinel)
Brunswick company’s rocket launch scrubbed due to weather (By Darcie Moore of the Times Record)
A 127-year-old Aroostook County opera house is being restored (By Alexander MacDougall of the Bangor Daily News)
Phippsburg police chief rescues injured snowy owl (By Kathleen O'Brien of the Times Record)