#COVID-19

The following letter was shared Monday, Oct. 12 by Islesboro Central School Head of School Charles “Chuck” Hamm: 

We’re entering into our fifth week of school and despite…

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

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

The following is a transcript of a Oct. 9 radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:

You know, back in the spring, I issued a Stay Healthy at Home Order that required Maine…

ROCKPORT — The Acute Respiratory Center (ARC), the COVID-19 testing site at Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC), has relocated to 731 Commercial St., Rockport, and began testing patients at the new…

ROCKLAND — In a mid-morning statement Oct. 9, Lonza Rockland Inc. addressed some of its employees testing positive for COVID-19. 

Dr. Nirav Shah said Oct. 8 in his twice-weekly…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Oct. 9, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 143.

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Oct. 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 — In preparation for administering the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has issued updated guidance to ensure that…

AUGUSTA — Dr. Nirav Shah said Oct. 8 in his twice-weekly presentation to Maine concerning the status of COVID-19 in the state that the Maine CDC is investigating six cases occurring at the Lonza…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending October 3, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 670 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

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

Even before the arrival of COVID-19, millions of people were turning to vitamin D supplements, some to compensate for the diminishing power of the sun here in the northern hemisphere October to…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced Wednesday it has proposed a rule change to make the seasonal influenza vaccine part of the immunizations required for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine has received a total of $2,287,725 to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE), medical supplies, and equipment for essential workers…

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

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced Tuesday the State will move into Stage 4 of the …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service announced Monday the deadline to register for an Economic Impact Payment (EIP) is now Nov. 21, 2020. This new date will provide an additional five…

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

This collection of submitted photos taken by residents and visitors to the state will join…

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

Amid record nationwide unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Janet Mills announced Friday her Administration has dedicated an additional $25 million in CARES Act Coronavirus…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has scrapped plans for a full detailed release of COVID-19 data for Oct. 2 due to technical issues. 

“Ongoing technical problems will prevent Maine CDC from…

CAMDEN — As of Friday noon, Oct. 2, the Camden-Rockport Middle School had heard nothing further about additional COVID-19 positive tests, leaving school administrators to schedule a return to…

‘we started getting donations of fabric, and thread, and elastic’

BELFAST — Much like the rest of the country, the Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center underwent a stark transformation in March, adjusting policies and procedures…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it will invest nearly $1 million from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to support infection prevention and control…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending September 26, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,600 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,200 initial claims filed for federal…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Oct. 1, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 142.

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Oct. 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, Sept. 30, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 141.

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

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

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has received a total of $727,991 to support the distribution of any future COVID-19 vaccines, according to a news release.…

Stepping out and helping out

Jennifer Gunderman’s hands moved quickly from bean to bean, snipping the long vegetable right at the top and dropping it into her five-gallon bucket.

The former organic farmer turned…

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

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

‘This is a single case. This is not an outbreak’

CAMDEN — A case of COVID-19 afflicting one person associated with the Camden-Rockport Middle School has resulted in a letter sent to parents on Saturday, Sept. 26. The letter follows:

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

BELFAST — With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting attendance at events around the country, many organizations have turned to livestreaming events on social media platforms. 

Regional School…

The following is a transcript of a Friday, Sept. 25 radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills: 

Increased access to testing for COVID-19 is a critical part of our strategy…

ORONO — No cases of COVID-19 were found in the University of Maine System’s first round of random sampling, university officials announced Saturday morning. 

The…

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 — For the week ending September 19, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,400 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,200 initial claims filed for federal…

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

Informal race between Stephen Taber, Ladona tribute to annual Great Schooner Race

Spectators used to pack the Rockland Breakwater to watch the Great Schooner Race from Islesboro to Rockland every year, but this year, with the race canceled due to COVID-19 restricting public…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills dedicated Wednesday an additional $164 million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to support school systems as they continue to implement health and safety…