The years spent apart from colleagues have rusted workers’ social skills, and new ways of working have spawned a host of fresh etiquette issues.
COVID-19 pandemic
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
UMaine System students awarded refunds over online learning during COVID
About 16,180 students are eligible for the partial refund of tuition and fees after a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging breach of contract for classes and services moving online during the spring 2020 semester.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Crime, News
North Berwick man pleads guilty to defrauding pandemic relief fund of $200,000
Frederick Avery received over $200,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program for a business he no longer owned.
Posted inNation / World, News, Schools & Education
Absent teachers risk costing American schools $4 billion a year
Low starting pay, burdensome student loans, attrition and a smaller teacher pipeline have exacerbated absences.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Anthony Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID controversies
Republicans repeated unproven accusations against the longtime National Institutes of Health scientist while Democrats apologized for Congress besmirching his name and bemoaned a missed opportunity to prepare for the next scary outbreak.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Maine’s high court upholds COVID vaccine mandate for EMS personnel
A group of emergency medical personnel challenged the 2021 vaccine mandate, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court says a state board had full authority to impose the rule.
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Bringing dental care to kids in schools is helping take care of teeth neglected in the pandemic
Nearly half of all U.S. children don’t receive regular dental care, according to a 2022 report from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, which is a federal agency.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Trump asked if U.S. was better off in his last year. In many ways, the answer is no.
Voters in 2020 did not blame Trump for the pandemic, but they did fault his response to it.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Big grocery stores profited from pandemic more than smaller rivals
The report collected information confidentially from retail giants Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. as well as chains like Kroger Co. for an investigation of grocery supply chain disruptions.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
As downtown Portland sees fewer office workers, lunch businesses feel a bite
Remote and hybrid work options have contributed to more sporadic weekday foot traffic in the heart of the city. That’s made things even harder than usual for the small businesses who used to rely on both regulars and passersby.