#COVID-19

AUGUSTA — For the week ending April 17, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 100 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 22, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 769.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

Program helps employers avoid layoffs and keep workers employed

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Maine Department of Labor has been awarded a total of $382,579 to promote and enhance its Short Time Compensation (STC) program, known as WorkShare, which allows workers to…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 21, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 768.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 20, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 19, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 767.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 19, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

When PenBayPilot seeded its first collection of photos snapped during the early days of the pandemic — those cold, raw days of March 2020 — little did we think that we would be, more than 12…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced early Sunday morning Maine has reached a major milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination effort, with half of Maine people ages 16 and older now having…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 18, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 765.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 18, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 17, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 17, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 764.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills: 

Spring has come to Maine,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is preparing to place an order for first doses of…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 16, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 16, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 763.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

FEMA to Begin Accepting Applications This Week for Program Pingree Helped Create in American Rescue Plan

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said April 15 that FEMA has begun accepting applications for funeral assistance for Mainers who’ve lost loved ones to COVID-19 as part of the American…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending April 10, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,050 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 200 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 15, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 15, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 758.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills extended Wednesday the State of Civil Emergency through May 13.

The Governor’s decision to extend the emergency is in line with nearly every other state in…

‘rallying around the vaccination effort’

As a growing number of community volunteers descend on the MaineHealth COVID-19 clinics in Knox and Waldo counties, a common theme has emerged. Volunteers see the clinics as the largest – and most…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Treasury will allocate at least $56,234,176 to Maine businesses through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), according to a news release.…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 14, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 757.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills, Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew and Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Nirav D. Shah issued the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 13, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 13, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 753.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 12, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 12, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 751.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

‘You find the vaccine, we will find the people’

LINCOLNVILLE — After visiting the April 10 Boothbay Harbor COVID 19 vaccine clinic, Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah headed further Down East to the Community Building in Lincolnville Center, to drop…

Demand for food assistance this winter remained high during the COVID-19 pandemic, but organizers say federal programs…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Letter to the community

Dear ICS Community, 

Islesboro Central School (ICS) staff, students, and families have endured a long and bumpy road together. After months of challenges, uncertainties, and close calls,…

Interview 10 in a series by students in Nancy Nickerson's class at Capt. Albert W. Stevens School

BELFAST — Editor's note: This is the 10th in a series of articles by the fourth graders in Nancy Nickerson's class at Capt. Albert W. Stevens School to inform readers…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the Paycheck Protection Program reopened in January, 15,515 Maine small employers have been approved for a total of $885,814,126 in forgivable loans, according to the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 9, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 750.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is preparing to place an order for first doses of…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending April 3, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,100 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 200 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 8, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 748.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 7, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 747.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

St. George Ambulance will be running COVID vaccine clinics starting April 9, 2021.

Below is the link to find an open appointment. If the site is full, keep looking for cancellations and…

Vaccination by appointment only

MaineHealth is pleased that the COVID-19 vaccine inventory allocated by the state to its Knox and Waldo counties clinics now includes one made by Johnson & Johnson, according to MaineHealth,…