#COVID-19

SEARSPORT — An end of the era has come for the Searsport Pines Golf Course, as the facility will no longer operate as a golf course. 

The Searsport Pines property was sold March 15 and the…

number of homeschool students increased 71 percent

Fourth-grader Vaughn Hurd paced the floor of his basement in Morrill as he considered a math question posed by his mom, Angela. Stumped for a moment as he multiplied, Vaughn continued to walk in…

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LINCOLNVILLE — In partnership with the Northeast Mobile Health Services, the Town of Lincolnville is co-sponsoring a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for those 18 years of age or older Saturday, April…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 6, 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 5, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 746.  

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 5, 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 4, 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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law the PPP Extension Act of 2021 to help small employers retain access to forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 3, 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 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 745.  

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

ISLESBORO — The next scheduled vaccination clinic for Islesboro residents will be Monday, April 12 at the island’s Health Center.

All adults over 18 are eligible for the type of vaccine…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 2, 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 2, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 744. 

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

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 — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday all Maine residents age 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine beginning Wednesday, April 7.

The acceleration of Maine’s…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending March 27, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,600 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 400 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 1, 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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To help taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday it will take steps to automatically refund money this spring and summer to people who filed their tax return…

public can still board ferries in Rockland; fares paid at island terminals

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation closed the Maine State Ferry Service Rockland Ferry Terminal Wednesday morning in response to an employee testing positive for COVID-19, according…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 31, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 743. 

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 31, 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…

ROCKLAND — For the second year in a row, the Maine Lobster Festival will not be held because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival’s board of directors announced. 

“The Maine Lobster…

Lincolnville reported March 31 that all the 140 available slots are filled.


In partnership with the Northeast Mobile Health Services, the town’s ambulance service provider,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 30, 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, March 30, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 738. 

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 29, 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…

Mainers have lived in a state of emergency for the past year — the longest period in at least 24 years.

Republicans are gearing up to challenge Gov. Janet Mills’ emergency powers this week in a battle that some experts and former governors from both parties say is largely political.

The…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 28, 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…

We are working around the clock to get as many people vaccinated against COVID-19 as quickly as possible.

Right now, more than…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 27, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 736. 

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 27, 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…

beginning March 31

ROCKLAND — MaineHealth’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Rockport is moving to a new location. The clinic, currently run at the Samoset Resort, in Rockport, will relocate to 409 Old County Road in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service issued …

AUGUSTA – A bill from Senate President Troy Jackson of Allagash and House Speaker Ryan Fecteau of Biddeford to establish a COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights became law…

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, March 26, 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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FCC recently adopted a Report and Order that established the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a $3.2 billion federal initiative to help lower the cost of high-speed…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging Mainers to take advantage of a recent announcement by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that the…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending March 20, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,400 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 300 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 25, 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…

MIDCOAST — A total of 91 businesses in Knox and Waldo counties received aid money from the second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program. 

The grant program, backed by $200…

MIDCOAST — A total of 51 businesses in Lincoln County received aid money from the second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program. 

The grant program, backed by $200 million in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 24, 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, March 23, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 731. 

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 23, 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…

Islesboro Central School submitted the following statement:

Staff at Islesboro Central School (ICS) have begun receiving their vaccinations and are preparing to expand the school…

rise of community-focused groups likely helped Maine maintain low infection rates

In February 2020, Margaret Downing read an article that terrified her. It predicted that a novel coronavirus spreading around the world would overwhelm U.S. healthcare systems, particularly those…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 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 updated its list, March 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, March 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 729. 

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