Page 8 - Irwin Gratz News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A sign at Old Orchard Beach in May 2020. Maine's hospitality industry has reason to hope this summer will be better than last year, when the state forced restaurants to limit hours and tourists faced testing and quarantine requirements. This summer, those restrictions are expected to be gone — but challenges remain. Maine Public host Irwin Gratz spoke with Steve Hewins, executive director of the HospitalityMaine Education Foundation, about the coming season. Gratz: How are bookings looking so far for the upcoming season? Hewins: Advance bookings are strong. In fact, many of our members acr...

Leonard Pitts, Jr. Leonard Pitts Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist for the Miami Herald, is being honored Tuesday night by Colby College with its Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism. Pitts, who's Black, told Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz he finds writing columns about national affairs and race both satisfying and frustrating. This interview has been edited for clarity. Pitts: It's satisfying in the sense that you get to have a voice in the ongoing national discussion. There have been times times when things were going — very recent times — when things were going ...

Konbit Sante Executive Director Nate Nickerson, photographed at Maine Public's Portland studios, Nate Nickerson is looking for someone to take over the work he's done for the past 15 years for Haiti. Nickerson is the executive director of Konbit Sante, an organization whose name translates roughly into "working together for health." The group provides equipment, clinical skills training, and management expertise in a particular region of the country. Konbit Sante had been established in Haiti for almost a decade when, in 2010, a historic earthquake reduced much of the country's infrastructure...

It was a year ago this week that the impact of the pandemic reached Maine as Gov. Janet Mills issued her first executive orders.

As part of Maine Public Deep Dive: Coronavirus, looking at Maine’s first year of the pandemic, Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz spoke with Maine Gov. Janet