#COVID-19

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 — Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Health and Human Services Jeanne Lambrew announced Tuesday anyone in Maine can now get tested for COVID-19 without the need for a separate order…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 — Governor Janet Mills announced Monday her Administration will launch a second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program beginning Wednesday, September 23.

Phase 2 will…

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported Monday an individual with COVID-19 and a close contact of that individual…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 140.

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

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 19, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 139.

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

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The State of Maine has received a total of $6,678,216 in the third installment of funding to support affordable housing, assistance to businesses and bolster COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 — Governor Janet Mills signed an executive order Thursday reinstating weekly work search activity requirements for all unemployment claimants in order to retain eligibility to receive…

BELFAST — RSU #71 is pleased to announce its ability to offer a free meal program, including breakfast and lunch, to all children 18 years and younger beginning now through December 30.

AUGUSTA — For the week ending September 12, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,400 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,000 initial claims filed for federal…

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

Deer Isle native is a viral hit...and hoot...about all things lobster

STONINGTON—My neighbor, a long-time lobsterman, told me the other day: “There’s this guy you gotta check out, named Leroy. Friend told me about him. On YouTube, old guy like me whose been in the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 16, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 138.

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

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

ROCKLAND — The soccer, golf, field hockey and cross country teams at Oceanside High School in Rockland will participate in interscholastic competition this fall, the Regional School Unit 13 school…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 15, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 137.

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

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $25,159,777 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, according to a news release.

The…

Camden Hills athletic director Jeff Hart shared the following two letters Sunday, Sept. 13 and Monday, Sept. 14: 

Fall Sports Update:

If you are interested in playing a…

UNITY — A decision to support a plan for the fall sports season amid COVID-19 was reached by the Regional School Unit 3 school board at its Monday, Sept. 14 meeting. 

RSU 3 has athletic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 13, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 136.

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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, Sept. 12, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 135.

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 — After saying first payments of Lost Wage Assistance Program will be issued in the coming days, the Maine Department of Labor will be issuing the first round of retroactive $300 payments…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 Principals’ Association, the Maine School Superintendents Association, and the Mills Administration issued the following statements today after reaching agreement on updated…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending September 5, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,100 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,700 initial claims filed for federal…

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

$528 million revenue shortfall caused by COVID-19

AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, Kirsten Figueroa, Commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, delivered to Governor Janet Mills a three-part proposal intended to balance the…

AUGUSTA — Plans on how to conduct a safe fall sports season amid the ongoing pandemic are nearly finalized, the governing body for Maine high school sports announced in a Wednesday evening press…

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Later this month, the Internal Revenue Service will start mailing letters to roughly nine million Americans who typically don’t file federal income tax returns who may be…

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

The following letter was distributed by the administration at the Vinalhaven School on Monday, Sept. 7. 

Dear local sports fans,

After extensive conversations with school…

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

Opinion: Maine residents squeezed out while apartment, house hunting

“Maine offers a quality of life that appeals to those living in highly populated and more congested areas of the U.S.”

This quote from a…

‘It was very successful thanks to the hard work of all of you’

The following letter was distributed Friday, Sept. 4 by RSU 71 Superintendent Mary Alice McLean: 

Dear RSU # 71 Students, Families, Staff and School Board,

Congratulations…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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 Department of Education received confirmation this week nine waivers from the United States Department of Agriculture will be extended, allowing continued flexibility in the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 4, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 134.

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

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