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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The Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting an increase of 21 cases of COVID-19 Thursday, bringing the total since the pandemic's onset here to…
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Maine is reporting another death as the state's tally of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic's onset grew overnight to 4,941, a net increase of 23 cases…
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Another Mainer with COVID-19 has died, as the total number of cases of the disease diagnosed among residents since the pandemic's onset grew overnight to…
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A state commission is urging Maine lawmakers to pass more than two dozen bills aimed at easing racial disparities in Maine, and to consider impacts on…
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Maine's COVID-19 case load grew to 4,903 overnight, a net increase of 40 since Sunday. The death toll remained unchanged, at 136.That's according to new…
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The Maine Center for Disease Control says the state has logged 4,760 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic's onset, an increase of 26 since Wednesday. The…
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Maine's total number of COVID-19 cases tallied since the pandemic's onset has reached 4,734, a net increase of 21 since Tuesday. The death toll remained…
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The Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting a net increase of 12 COVID-19 cases overnight. That brings the state's total since the pandemic's onset…
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Another Mainer with COVID-19 has died, bringing the death tally to 134 since the pandemic hit the state. That's according to new figures the Maine Center…
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The Maine Center for Disease Control Thursday is reporting a net increase of 50 cases of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the total since the pandemic hit the…