Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he was a philosophy major in college who worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine and settling down. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three children, all of them excellent spellers. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. You can find him near cross country trails in fall, pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. He also covers the Red Claws, Maine’s D-League basketball affiliate. When not holding a notepad, he finds time for checkers and pickleball.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Decisions on thousands of unemployment claims fast-tracked by labor department
Rather than keeping people wondering until July about pending unemployment claims, the Department of Labor makes some assumptions and decides on 12,000 cases.
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Sen. King touts absentee ballots as safe, fair option for November election
At a virtual town hall meeting, the senator and others encourage Mainers to request and use absentee ballots to keep down crowds on Election Day as a safeguard against the coronavirus.
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
With so many hotels closed, how does CMP find rooms for 1,500 line and tree workers?
Responding to a pair of storms this month, the utility had to feed and find rooms for hundreds of workers – a bigger challenge during the pandemic.
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
Child care centers and essential workers with kids get federal help during pandemic
Maine has received nearly $11 million in federal money to support essential workers and child-care providers during the pandemic.
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PublishedApril 21, 2020
To keep workers safe, tie a ribbon ’round that old … Clynk bag?
Clynk, one redemption operation still open during the pandemic, is asking customers to reduce risk to its workers by tying off bags and then waiting 3 days before dropping them off, signaling compliance by affixing ribbons or string.
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
Class of 2020 tries to navigate a job market in chaos
Victims of bad timing, graduating college students are struggling to launch their careers in the midst of a global pandemic.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Wex announces layoffs, furloughs affecting 5% of its workforce
Business has slowed abruptly for the Portland-based payment-processing technology firm, whose CEO bought and sold thousands of company shares 2 days before the price started falling.
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
Garbage on the rise in Maine during pandemic, but recycling remains vital
Recycled cardboard and paper keep the supply chain moving for makers of toilet paper and cardboard boxes destined to be part of future shipments to grocery stores and hospitals.
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PublishedApril 9, 2020
CMP says it could be 2 days before power fully restored
Nearly 170,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers were still without power Friday night, following the storm that brought heavy, wet snow to the state.
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PublishedApril 8, 2020
Trapping program in Bath captures 24 raccoons, 4 skunks and – oops – 3 cats
The program conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture was in response to an influx of rabid animals that resulted in 18 fox attacks on people and pets.
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