一分钟缅因新闻 2020年10月5日：干旱重创马铃薯收成，缅因大学惊现重型机械兜风，缺席选票申请量破纪录

来自Maine电台，我是Ryan Gavin，现在是一分钟了解缅因州。我们预料到这种情况会发生，但没想到会如此严重。干旱对整个缅因州的农民都造成了影响，尤其是阿鲁斯图克县的农民，他们现在正准备收获土豆。缅因州每年的土豆作物价值通常高达1.5亿美元。而2020年这一数字可能会下降多达30%。

From Maine vibe, I'm Ryan Gavin, and this is one minute Maine. We expected that this would happen, but we didn't think it would hurt this bad. The drought is hurting farmers across Maine, particularly in Aroostook County who are now ready to harvest their potatoes. The potato crop typically valued in Maine every year at a $150,000,000 annually. That looks like it could be down as much as 30% in 2020.

缅因州今天报告新增25例新冠肺炎病例，周末期间没有新增死亡病例。这里有个离奇的故事来自缅因大学。尽管有冠状病毒的影响，今年秋季校园里的情况还是有点混乱。一台施工机械——确切地说是一台挖掘机，在缅因大学的一个公寓区被人开出去兜风了。奥罗诺警方正在设法确认嫌疑人的身份。

Maine is reporting twenty five new cases of COVID nineteen today and no additional deaths over the weekend. Here's a crazy story from UMaine. Even with coronavirus, things are kinda crazy on campus this fall. Construction machinery, aka a backhoe, was taken for a joy ride at a UMaine apartment complex. The police in Orono are seeking to identify the suspects.

这些人可能会面临未经授权使用财产、破坏公物等刑事指控，并且还可能被要求赔偿所有损失。最后，今天要提到的是，缅因州多个城市和地区目前正在进行现场缺席投票。你可以访问缅因州国务卿办公室网站maine.gov，查询如何追踪你通过邮寄方式收到的选票，或者如果你还没有注册，也可以在那里完成注册。截至今天，已经有超过277,000名缅因居民提前申请了缺席选票，这是历史上的最高纪录。来自MainVibe，我是Ryan Gavin。

They could face charges of unauthorized use of property, criminal mischief, as well as being ordered to pay restitution for all those damages. And finally, today, in person absentee balloting is currently underway in several Maine cities and towns. You can visit the Maine secretary of state's office's website at maine.gov to find out how to track your absentee ballot if you're getting it mailed or how to register if you haven't already done so. A record number of more than 277,000 Mainers have already requested their absentee ballots ahead of election day in November. From MainVibe, I'm Ryan Gavin.

这就是本周一在度假胜地缅因州发生的事情。祝您拥有美好的一天。我们明天再见。

That's what's going on at Vacationland this Monday. Have a great day. We'll see you tomorrow.