#COVID-19

Extended Benefit Program likely to end mid-November

AUGUSTA — For the week ending October 24, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,500 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 700 initial claims filed for federal…

WALDOBORO, UNION — Two confirmed COVID-19 cases associated with Medomak Valley High School and Union Elementary School have caused RSU 40 to send…
cases at rockland’s woodland memory care increase to 12

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills, Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah and Dept. of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew convened a special briefing Wednesday afternoon in Augusta, by…

ROCKPORT — An individual associated with Camden Hills Regional High School recently tested positive for COVID-19.. The school is simultaneously emailing families of students who are close contacts…

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association has announced the winter sports season will be delayed, according to a memorandum emailed to schools Tuesday afternoon and viewed by PenBayPilot.com. …

12 have tested positive

ROCKLAND – Following an announcement Tuesday afternoon from the

The ‘uninvited guest’ of COVID-19 increases presence in state

AUGUSTA — Ten cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the Woodlands Memory Care facility on Camden…

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

CAMDEN — The much-loved Pearl Street Halloween venue is not happening this year, thanks to COVID-19. There will be no trick-o-treating at the homes that in the past have so graciously accommodated…

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

WALDO COUNTY — With Waldo County moving from the green to yellow zone in the Maine Department of Education COVID-19 Health Advisory System, sports have been halted in the county for the time being…

The following message was distributed by RSU 20 Superintendent Chris Downing

Re: State Designation of Waldo County, “Yellow Status”

On…

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

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

“yellow” suggests county has elevated risk of COVID-19 spread; schools may consider additional precautions and/or hybrid instructional models to reduce number of people in schools

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 that is…

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the launch of StrengthenME, an initiative to help Maine people cope with the stress and uncertainty of the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending October 17, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,300 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 500 initial claims filed for federal…

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

investigation originally centered on Brooks church and private school, four public schools

AUGUSTA — The number of COVID-19 cases linked to an outbreak in Waldo County now totals 46, an increase of four since…

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

Season pass sales down this year but the public loves the autumn chairlift rides

CAMDEN — Voting unanimously, the Camden Select Board agreed Oct. 20 to apply full or partial credit for ski passes if the town is forced to shut the Snow Bowl due to COVID-19 related reasons. …

A second test of the presumed positive COVID-19 case at Captain Albert Stevens School has come back negative, RSU 71 Superintendent Mary Alice McLean shared in an Oct. 20 update. 

“I am…

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

to sustain viability of small businesses; to help stabilize Maine’s economy

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Economic and Community Development Heather Johnson announced Thursday, Oct. 15 that the Mills Administration has begun distributing the first…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor is warning unemployment claimants and adding extra security measures to protect beneficiaries from fraudulent email…

THORNDIKE — An individual associated with Mount View Elementary School in Thorndike has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an Oct. 19 letter from RSU 3 Superintendent Charles Brown. …

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has submitted to the federal government its …

AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) formally confirmed Monday, Oct. 19 a COVID-19 outbreak investigation associated with the Brooks Pentecostal Church in the…

The following letter was shared Friday, Oct. 16 by RSU 13 Superintendent John McDonald. 

RSU 13 serves the communities of South Thomaston, Owls Head, Cushing, Rockland, and…

The following letter was shared Sunday, Oct. 18 by RSU 3 Superintendent Charles Brown. 

RSU 3 serves the communities of Brooks, Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Monroe,…

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

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been endless debates how the world, the United States, each state, and each municipality should respond to the pandemic. 

Penobscot…

Captain Albert Stevens, Troy Howard Middle, Ames Elementary schools

BELFAST — Just one day after a positive case of Covid-19 was discovered at Captain Albert Stevens School, two additional Waldo County schools have reported they have a positive case. 

In a…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Oct. 17, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 146.

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

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

BELFAST — Fresh on the heels of an additional…

Mills Administration Provides COVID-19 Tax Guidance

AUGUSTA — The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) announced Friday the Department has provided guidance for individuals and businesses intended to avoid adverse tax…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Oct. 16, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 145.

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

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

The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for millions of people around the world to work from home on a temporary basis, and perhaps even a more permanent basis as companies are beginning…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending October 10, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,500 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 914 initial claims filed for federal…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Oct. 15, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 144.

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

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

After significant problems at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine’s overall employment situation has improved — and even surpassed January employment rates — according to the latest data…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Oct. 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 State of Maine has accepted 12 waiver extensions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allowing for continued flexibilities in the federal Summer Food Service Program/…

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