American University scored 14 straight points early in the first half and rolled to a 74-61 win over the University of Maine men’s basketball team in the Capital Thanksgiving Classic on Friday in Washington.
TJ Biel had 15 points and five rebounds for the Black Bears, who are 0-7 heading into a consolation game against Longwood University on Saturday. Bashir N’Galang added 11 points and Keelan Steel had 10.
Kade Sebastian scored 15 points for American (4-3). Wyatt Nausadis chipped in with 13 points and Greg Jones had 12.
PORTLAND (WGME) – Five cases of HIV have been detected in Cumberland County among people who inject drugs, according to an alert from the Maine CDC.
Five cases in a year is a significant jump from the one case the county sees in a typical year.
The state wants to get the message out that people at risk, like intravenous drug users, should get tested every three months.
Experts say the reason behind the spike in cases could be a decrease in testing, a change in syringe-service programs or lack of awareness.
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They say having awareness is one of the best ways to slow the spread.
“Every person who tests positive, if they get on medicine, that cannot transmit the virus, so every time we identify someone with HIV, we can get them into care, reduces chance of transmitting,” Dr. Stephen Rawlings of the MaineHealth Adult Specialty Care Clinic said. “Any one case above baseline is too many, so just increased awareness is really part of the response to get people on testing.”
The CDC says people who are not at risk of HIV should still get at least one test in their life.
A worker delivers heating oil to a home in Auburn in January 2023. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released more than $39 million in low-income heating assistance funds for households in Maine, Sen. Susan Collins’ office announced Tuesday.
Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, had been delayed for weeks by the federal government shutdown, which ended last month after spanning a record 43 days. Without federal support, the state reshuffled some money to get benefits to the program’s most vulnerable participants, but it warned that the move was not sustainable.
Maine’s new allocation includes roughly $38.3 million for the state and about $1.5 million for tribal governments throughout Maine, Collins’ office said.
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“LIHEAP funding provides vital relief to thousands of Mainers, helping them avoid the constant worry of having to choose between heating their homes and covering other basic necessities,” Collins said in a written statement.
The announcement came as families throughout the state faced Maine’s first significant snowstorm of the year. In Portland, the National Weather Service predicted a high temperature of 31 degrees.
Maine gets about $40 million in federal LIHEAP funding each year, according to MaineHousing, the quasi-state agency that administers the program. Of that, $26 million covers heating assistance for residents, while the rest goes to other programs and administrative costs.
Heating assistance amounts range based on factors like household income and demographics. Benefits are delivered in the form of a one-time payment that is generally sent directly to fuel vendors and appears as a credit on participants’ bills.
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