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Things You Need to Know: December 17, 2020
Here is a collection of the things you need to know today.....
Maine weather for your area from Maine.gov.
It has been 9 years since Ayla Reynolds went missing from her father’s home in Waterville according to centralmaine.com. The investigation into what happened and who was involved is still open.
Maine starts the day with 6,394 active cases of COVID-19. 10,650 of the 17,311 cases recovered according to WABI. There have been 267 deaths. Maine set another new one day record day for new cases.
Maine is getting $5.5M to help cover the cost of PPE’s that have been used for front-line responders according to WABI.
Maine’s Senators said there is strong support for a new COVID aid package that could pass in Congress this week according to WABI.
Depending on how CV-19 is managed on the state and federal level, a report from Colby College Maine could recover economically by the middle of 2022 according to centralmaine.com.
State of Maine employees drove one million miles less each week due to remote working according to centralmaine.com.
Today is Red Kettle Blitz Day in New England according to WABI. It is a one day challenge to increase the Salvation Army Red Kettle Donations, which are down almost half of last year’s donations. Donations are used to fund Salvation Army programs year-round.
Local, College, Professional sports scoreboard:
Celtics play again Friday
TNF will be Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The NE Patriots play Miami Sunday.
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