Barbara Cariddi
Barbara grew up in Biddeford, Maine. She earned a master’s in public administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s in English from the University of Southern Maine.
After stints as a lobsterwoman, woodworker and newspaper editor, Barbara joined Maine Public in 1989. She left in 1994 to explore television, specifically at WCSH6-TV, the NBC affiliate in Portland. In 1999, Barbara began producing, reporting and anchoring Maine Public Television’s public affairs program Maine Watch. She returned to Maine Public Radio in 2003, and now helps oversee digital news content for Maine Public’s website. She also produces and hosts the daily news podcast “This Day in Maine.”
Barbara’s interests include music, theater, literature and the arts in general. For several years, she sang in a local jazz group called !zing. Barbara’s daughter Vanessa is an opera singer.
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Another Mainer has died from COVID-19, bringing the state's death toll from the pandemic to 133. The person who died was a man in his 70s from Somerset…
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The Maine Center for Disease Control says Maine's COVID-19 case load grew by 22 overnight to 4,548. The death toll remained unchanged at 132.At a briefing…
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Maine health officials say the state's net tally of COVID-19 cases has now reached 4,526, an increase of 14 since Sunday. The death tally remained…
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Maine's net total of COVID-19 cases logged since the pandemic arrived in the state rose overnight by 22. The number of deaths remained unchanged at…
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking steps she says will allow Mainers to vote safely in the November election amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.In a press…
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Maine is reporting an increase of 25 COVID-19 cases logged since the pandemic hit here, bringing the total to 4,414. The death toll remains unchanged at…
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Maine logged an additional 12 cases of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the total since the pandemic arrived here to 4,368. That's according to new figures…
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The Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting a net rise overnight of 21 COVID-19 cases, bringing the number logged since the pandemic's onset to…
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The Maine Center for Disease Control Thursday is reporting another death associated with COVID-19, and 19 additional cases of the disease. Meanwhile, Gov.…
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Maine's count of COVID-19 cases grew overnight by 21, bringing the net total of cases since the pandemic began to 4,234. The death toll remained unchanged…