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Volume 17 • Issue No. 25
Governor Mills Announces End to State of Civil Emergency AUGUSTA Governor Janet Mills announced that Maine’s State of Civil Emergency will end June 30. “Today, we take another important step forward in our return to normal,” said Governor Janet Mills. “After fifteen long, difficult months, ending the State of Civil Emergency is a welcome milestone that reflects the progress Maine has made in getting people vaccinated, reducing the spread of the virus, and
getting back to normal. Maine people have persevered, and, although challenges remain, we will get through them together just as we did this past year. I congratulate and thank Maine people for all they have done to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their fellow citizens.” The Governor temporarily extended the current State of Civil Emergency, which was set to expire on June 13 through June 30, to ensure an orderly transition out of the emergency,
allowing State government departments to continue necessary pandemic-related services. During this time, departments will identify any policies that may need temporary extensions past June 30, 2021, such as flexibilities for child care providers and home-and community-based services given ongoing pandemic-related challenges. The State’s last remaining face covering requirement, See END page 4...
In January, Governor Janet Mills posted on Facebook about her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, administered by Dr. James Jarvis of Northern Light Health.
Project Graduation Delivers “Celebration of the Century” YORK “Best night ever” was how Carly Mitchell, YHS Class of 2021, described Project Graduation which was held this past Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning. Thanks to the efforts of Yorkwise, Mitchell and her classmates were treated to a much-deserved evening of fun-filled activities after a very long senior year dominated by COVID-19. “We were determined to give the kids an amazing experience” said Neil Rideout who led Yorkwise’s planning for Project Graduation. In a major depar-
ture from the previous thirty nine Project Grad events, the celebration was held solely at York
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ing, human foosball, jousting etc., there was a room dedicated to laser tag, a miniature golf course set-up in a quad, a fire pit for cooking s’mores in another quad, the library was jammed full of fun table games, a virtual reality roller coaster was conveniently located near the bathroom, and a large mechanical bull took center stage in the middle of the auditorium lobby. The auditorium offered several hours of live entertainment which included a hypnotist, nationally known comedian Juston See GRADUATE page 16...
New Heavy Lift Crane Arrives at PNSY KITTERY On Tuesday, June 15, a new heavy lift crane arrived by barge to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. “This state-of-the-art crane, represents a capital investment of approximately $54.9 million,” said Project Manager Jason Jordan. “It was manufactured by Konecranes in Wisconsin and provides critical support to the shipyard mission.” Though the new crane will have a 140 ton lifting capacity, more than twice that of the current cranes, it will not be twice the size. The new crane will be approximately 10-15% taller
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High School. Rideout shared that “since so much of this year was held remotely, we felt the kids
would enjoy spending the night at the school”. This also helped overcome the challenges of not knowing the limitations of busing graduates to different location (as in past years) and the uncertainty of which businesses would be open and able to accommodate the entire class. “Yorkwise did a phenomenal job setting up the celebration of the century!” said class officer, Calvin Healy. The school was transformed into a virtual carnival that would be envied by the likes of PT Barnum. The gym was filled with large inflatable games such as axe throw-
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compared to the shipyard’s current portal cranes, which have a boom height of 195 ft. “The addition of this new portal crane extends heavy lift capability to all of the dry docks here at the shipyard,” said Lifting and Handling Department Branch Head, Brendan Goodwin. “The increase in lift capability expands the scope of submarine overhaul and modernization work that PNS is able to execute in the future.” Though the new portal crane is mobile, it will be primarily located adjacent to the shipyard’s Dry Dock #1. The
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new crane, along with the myriad of construction activity around Dry Dock #1 including the Super Flood Basin, is part of the Shipyard Infrastructure Op-
timization Program (SIOP), a multi-year, multi-billion dollar undertaking for refurbishing See CRANE page 8... Have you seen our
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