Itâs been a weird year : Financial experts give advice on filing taxes Share Updated: 5:39 PM EST Jan 12, 2021 By Alice Keefe Share Updated: 5:39 PM EST Jan 12, 2021
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Show Transcript 2020 TAXES? WMTW NEWS 8 S ALICE KEEFE REPORTS. TAX SEASON CAN BE DAUNTING EVEN IN THE áBEST OF YEARS. PREPARING TO FILE FOR 2020. FOR áMOST PEOPLE. WILL HAVE ITS OWN UNIQUE CHALLENGES. 5:31-5:36 ITS BEEN A WEIRD YEAR. WE RE STILL TRYING TO TAKE IN ALL THE INFORMATION OF EVERYTHING THAT S PASSED .PARKINSON THAT INCLUDES TWO ROUNDS OF STIMULUS CHECKS. WITH THE MOST RECENT GETTING APPROVAL DAYS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS A LOT OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM CLIENTS ABOUT THE STIMULUS CHECKS 20:35-20:41 LANGWORTHY THE STIMULUS CHECKS ARE NOT TAXABLE. IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN T GET A STIMULUS CHECK AND YOU SHOULD HAVE. OR YOU HAD ANOTEHR CHILD THAT WASN T REFLECTED IN YOUR 2019 RETURNS. YOU MIGHT EV
75 EMT first responders in York County receive first doses of Moderna vaccine Share Updated: 7:15 PM EST Jan 2, 2021 By Alice Keefe Share Updated: 7:15 PM EST Jan 2, 2021
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Show Transcript VACCINE TODAY. WMTW NEWS 8 S ALICE KEEFE REPORTS. PARAMEDIC WENDY ELLIOTT WAS ONE OF ABOUT 40 CLASS 1-A FIRST RESPONDERS IN YORK COUNTY TO GET VACCINATED THIS MORNING AT THE WATERBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1:17-1:28 THE SHOT ITSELF I MEAN THEY USE A TEENY TINY NEEDLE I HARDLY FELT IT ESPECIALLY WITH YOU KNOW YOU RE TALKING ALONG AND OH. I VE HAD BEE STINGS THAT HURT WORSE ELLIOTT TO-DATE, YORK COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 400 DOSES OF THE MODERNA VACCINE. AND THE HOPE IS TO HAVE THAT MANY FIRST RESPONDERS VACCINATED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. 1:31-1:40 THE BIG PRIORITY IS THAT SOMEONE WHO COMES TO GET THEIR FIRST ROUND OF VACCINE CAN ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT THEY CAN RETURN IN 28 DAYS TO RETURN - TO RECEIVE THEIR 2ND VACCINE SCHOOLS BUXTON FIRE CHIEF
Maine school districts take different approaches to snow days during pandemic Share Updated: 5:15 PM EST Dec 16, 2020 By Alice Keefe Share Updated: 5:15 PM EST Dec 16, 2020
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Show Transcript ALL HAVE THE áCHOICE OF WHAT TO DO - CANCEL SCHOOL FOR THE DAY. OR. CONTINUING LEARNING ONLINE. HERE S WHAT A FEW. HAVE DECIDED ON DURING A YEAR THAT S LOOKED SO DIFFERENT FOR STUDENTS. SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY RAY OF BIDDEFORD SAID.. THEY WANTED TO KEEP ONE THING THE SAME. 54- WE VE DECIDED THAT WE WILL HAVE STORM DAYS AS REGULAR RAY WHICH MEANS A SNOW DAY. áALSO MEANS. NO REMOTE LEARNING. 2:20-2:41 I THINK IT S OUR FEELING THAT WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SUCCESSES WITH REMOTE INSTRUCTION THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT IT MISSES AND FOR OUR STUDENTS ON A DAY OFF WE WANT THEM TO BE ACTIVE, TO BE OUTSIDE, AND NOT IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN OR COMPLETING PAPER PACKETS RAY LISBON SCHOOLS IS TAKING A SIMILAR APPROACH. WITH THE DISTRICT S S