AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Aug. 22, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 130.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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…
approval would temporarily add $300 to weekly unemployment benefits
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor announced Friday it will apply for Lost Wages Assistance funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which would temporarily add $300 to…
ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School has decided to opt out of the upcoming fall sports season and will not participate in any quote-unquote traditional games this fall.
Teams,…
AUGUSTA – Workforce conditions continued to recover in July from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from the Maine Deptartment of LAbor
The monthly payroll…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Friday her Administration will provide $25 million in federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to support Maine schools in developing and offering…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will invest nearly $1 million in existing general funds to increase preventive health care for children enrolled in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Aug. 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 129.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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 — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday the formation of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program to support Maine…
one testing site already operational in belfast
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and MaineHealth announced Thursday the launch of five new “swab and send” COVID-19 testing sites, further expanding access to reliable…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Aug. 20, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 128.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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 — For the week ending August 15, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,300 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,200 initial claims filed for federal…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $19,704,833 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, according to a news release.
The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With millions of Americans now receiving taxable unemployment compensation, many of them for the first time, the Internal Revenue Service is reminding people receiving…
SEARSPORT — The Regional School Unit 20 board of directors will be hold a special board meeting Thursday, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
The highlight of the meeting will…
Maine’s financial stability depends on further federal action
A committee of Maine economic experts and industry representatives this month outlined a $1.1 billion plan to steady the state economy in July.
The plan from the …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A $400,000 grant has been awarded to the Midcoast Economic Development District located in Damariscotta from the Economic Development Administration.
The organization…
WALDOBORO — Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in March, kindergarteners in Kara Paul’s class at Miller School in Waldoboro would sit together, usually in groups of three to five, at tables.…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) said Aug. 17 that it has opened an investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak associated…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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 updated its list, Aug. 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…
Janet Mills proves she can rise above her critics – even the president
Janet Mills weighed the life-changing decision.
A month before her 15th birthday, Janet, her parents and two of her siblings traveled in the family station wagon from their Farmington,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a total of $2,228,481 to public housing agencies across Maine to support affordable housing and bolster COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Aug. 15, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 127.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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. — The Internal Revenue Service, in a news release, said the organization continues to look for ways to help people who were unable to provide their information in time to receive…
MIDCOAST — Teachers in the Midcoast counties of Knox, Waldo and Lincoln are likely to return to campus this fall, if their school district allows for in-person learning, despite area teachers…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Central School’s school committee will be holding an emergency meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18 in the school’s library and via Zoom at 6 p.m.
The meeting is being…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an updated color coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color for schools as they…
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BELFAST — The RSU 71 school board will be holding a special board meeting Monday, Aug. 17 at 5:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the Captain Albert Stevens School with the public able to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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…
‘Not a big swing, but noticeable’
MIDCOAST — In geographical pockets across the U.S., families are relocating amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, either to second homes, or even new homes.
In New York, for example,…
four experts weigh in on the metrics that paint the clearest picture of the pandemic
During the past five months of the coronavirus pandemic, Mainers and other Americans have been inundated with numbers. Confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita. Death rates. Test positivity rates.…
The University of Maine System is extending planned asymptomatic COVID-19 testing to include a second round of screening for all students or staff arriving from out-of-state, residence…
AUGUSTA —For the week ending August 8, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,500 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 280 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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…
Parents feel students did not make academic progress during remote instruction
MIDCOAST — Families of students attending schools in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties are likely to send their students back to campus this fall if their child’s school district allows for in-…
APPLETON — The school committee for the Appleton Village School has set the agenda for its regularly scheduled meeting for Monday, Aug. 17 at 5 p.m. in the school gymnasium and via Zoom.
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HOPE — The school committee for Hope Elementary School has called for an emergency school committee meeting for Friday, Aug. 14 remotely at 6 p.m. over Zoom.
The highlight of the meeting…
The following letter was distributed Wednesday, Aug. 12 by Islesboro Central School Head of School Chuck Hamm:
Dear ICS Community,
I hope this letter finds you and your…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a push by Maine’s Congressional Delegation and Governor Janet Mills, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Wednesday producers of maple sap used to make…
ROCKLAND — The school board for Regional School Unit 13 has called for a special school board meeting to take place Thursday, Aug. 13 remotely at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting’s purpose is to vote…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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 Department of Labor has announced the State has partnered with Coursera, a leading online learning platform, in its Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative.
This…
Ocean State Job Lot, which has a location in Rockland and Belfast, is distributing more than $1.5 million worth of PPE to police and fire departments in the 142 communities where Ocean State Job…
