#COVID-19

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 10, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 156.

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

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $48,890,321 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, according to a news release.

The…

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maine Department of Education has received federal emergency funding that can be used to provide high-speed broadband connections to K-12 student and teacher…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association, the governing body for high school athletics in the state, announced Monday afternoon the cancelation of this year’s high school cross country state…

NORTH HAVEN — The COVID-19 outbreak on the island of North Haven has increased Monday, according to a letter shared in the afternoon by North Haven Community School Superintendent Peter Gallace…

As we enter the eighth month of this pandemic, fears that cool weather would accompany a surge in the pandemic have proven well-placed. Cases of COVID-19 have increased significantly in our…

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

NORTH HAVEN — A COVID-19 outbreak is occurring on the island of North Haven, according to a Nov. 7 letter shared to the community by North Haven Community School Superintendent Peter Gallace and…

SEARSPORT — With no confirmed cases of COVID-19 with the towns making up RSU 20 (Searsport and Stockton Springs), the district has opted to enter its in-person continued learning plan starting…

VINALHAVEN — The Vinalhaven School has amended its educational plans for the upcoming week amid the county’s yellow designation under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory…

ST. GEORGE — With Knox County moving to a yellow designation in the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, St. George School officials released a letter to families Nov.…

On one day alone this week, Maine recorded 183 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day increase since the beginning of the pandemic. Our positivity rate, while significantly lower than other…

maine cdc investigating outbreak among employees

BELFAST — An outbreak of COVID-19 is being investigated at the Waldo County General Hospital by the Maine CDC, according to Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah during his Nov. 6 COVID-19 briefing…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 7, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 152.

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

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

SEARSPORT — Rumors that several Searsport ambulance personnel tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 are inaccurate, according to a statement by Town Manager James Gillway in the town’…

ROCKLAND — With Knox County now being designated as a yellow county under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, Regional Unit 13 is shifting to a hybrid learning…

ROCKPORT — With Knox County shifting to a Yellow designation under the the pandemic public health classification system, the Camden Hills Regional High School is going remote Nov. 9 and 10. Nov.…

Face coverings during practice and competition

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has updated its…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to…

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

ROCKPORT — Protecting the health and well-being of Midcoast Recreation Center participants, employees and greater community is the organization’s top priority, according to a letter shared to the…

‘We have recorded yet another day of record high case numbers’

AUGUSTA — On the day Maine recorded 183 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day increase since the beginning of the pandemic, Governor Janet Mills announced an Executive Order requiring…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending October 31, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 470 initial claims filed for federal…

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A total of 82 Maine nursing homes and nursing facilities have been awarded an additional $247,577 to support increased testing, staffing, and personal protective equipment (PPE…

COVID-19 outbreak update, Nov. 4

“A death reported today, a man in 70s, was sadly linked to…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 4 an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 150.

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

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

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

The U.S. CDC has provided some tips on how to safely vote in-person amid COVID-19 noting the more prepared you are, the more you reduce your risk of getting and spreading COVID-19. (People who are…

Town Office was in quarantine

“It is with great sadness that we write this to inform the town that our first selectman, Tom Flacke, has passed away,” wrote the Town of Morrill, on its Facebook page, Nov. 2.

“ While…

As of Nov. 2, the Maine CDC is conducting investigations into eight COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, two of them in Midcoast.

The state’s CDC opened three new investigations opened as of…

‘While it is discouraging to be named, and the word ‘outbreak’ is scary, we are confident that we have followed CDC directives’

WARREN — The Midcoast Athletics Center, a privately owned gym with indoor basketball courts, was notified this morning, Nov. 2,  of three additional cases of COVID-19 associated with the facility…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 2 an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 148.

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

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

Resets Indoor Gathering Limits; Postpones Reopening of Bars; Amends Travel Protocols

AUGUSTA — As the COVID-19 virus explodes across the country, Maine this week recorded a significant increase in cases, hospitalizations, and positivity rates, a press release stated. 

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Oct. 31 an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 147.

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

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

the outcome remains the same — safe, emergency shelter during the cold winter months

Community Emergency Shelter Committee has submitted the following:

ROCKLAND — The Community Emergency Shelter Committee is grateful for the overwhelming community support and now…

Somerset, washington counties flip to yellow

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Oct. 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 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today its strategy to distribute an allocation of rapid COVID-19 antigen tests to ensure access for all Maine…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $40,588,764 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, according to a news release.

The…

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