#COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will fully reopen Tuesday, January 19 with qualifying hard-hit small businesses eligible to receive a…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 18, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 514.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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 announced, Jan. 17, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 511.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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, Jan. 16, an additional 30 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 507.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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 Department of Health and Human Services announced today that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has placed another order for doses of COVID-19…

My fundamental goal throughout this pandemic has been to save lives, plain and simple. With the introduction of vaccines last month, we received a welcome, critical new tool, and we were ready to…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 15, an additional 16 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 477.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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 — For the week ending January 9, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 700 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 14, an additional eight COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 461.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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 — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday updates to Maine’s strategy for distributing its limited allocation of COVID-19 vaccines targeted toward preventing serious illness and saving…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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, Jan. 13, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 453.

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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has leveraged its global supply chain to provide hundreds of thousands of pieces of personal…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 12, an additional 11 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 449.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

Corinna Whitehill started the service while working for Mid-Coast Connector

WARREN—It’s been just over a year that Corinna Whitehill started her personal cab company called Corie’s Rides. It’s a service that has been fundamental to the Midcoast community in the midst of…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 11, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 438.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

Shah: ‘matter of time’ before variant strain of COVID-19 is detected in Maine

More people in Maine now have been vaccinated for COVID-19 than have had the virus. 

About 46,600 Mainers were vaccinated as of Friday,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

State government cannot be all things to all people all the time. Nor can it solve all the problems or address all the needs of the people of the state. But during emergencies such as the current…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 9, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 432.

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

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has placed another order for doses of COVID-19 vaccine…

AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Friday the reinstatement of regular deadlines and requirements for renewals of BMV-issued licenses, State IDs and other credentials, according…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills submitted Friday  to the Legislature a supplemental budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021 and a biennial budget proposal for Fiscal Years 2022-2023 that focus on…

Quarantining starts another viral Facebook sensation

A number of Maine-started Facebook groups went viral with the COVID-19 virus pandemic in 2020, and now there’s one more to get a read on.

First there was Quarantine Karaoke, then Wine…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 8, an additional 41 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 426.

In the Jan. 8 briefing, Maine CDC Director Dr…

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

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …

Other employees who were in close contact are in quarantine

UPDATE, ROCKLAND – Knox County Sheriff Tim Carroll sent the following update to a COVID-19 situation at the Knox County Correctional Facility in Rockland.

“I am happy to report the other…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending January 2, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,900 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 250 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 7, an additional 13 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 385.

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

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 6, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 372.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 5, an additional nine COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 369.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …

four other employees in quarantine

THOMASTON — The Thomaston Municipal Building, located at 13 Valley Street, will be closed today, Jan. 4, and tomorrow, Jan. 5, for deep cleaning after an employee tested positive for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 4, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 360.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 359.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …

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, nine months later,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 2, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 358.

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