#COVID-19

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 30, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,800 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 25, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,000 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 600 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

distributing to providers of emergency food and shelter in Knox County

United Midcoast Charities is convening the Local Board for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to distribute federal funding for emergency food and shelter in Knox County. These funds…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine will receive a total of $16,958,613 through the CARES Act to create new, innovative ways to better serve K-12 students during the COVID-19 pandemic, a press release…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $9,472,586 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, July 29, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,800 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has announced up to 200 people are now allowed to gather for seated outdoor spectator events such as sports or concerts under a…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a total of $10,251,895 in state and local preparedness grants to the State of Maine, according to a news release. 

This…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 28, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 121.

A man in his 70s from Androscoggin County…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,800 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

The following letter from Kate Clark, Union 69 Superintendent was distributed Friday, July 24. Union 69 includes Appleton Village School, Hope Elementary School and Lincolnville Central School…

The following letter was distributed Friday, July 24 by St. George MSU superintendent Mike Felton: 

Dear St. George Families and Community Members,

After almost two months…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,800 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 25, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 119. 

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $8,588,357, to date, to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, per a news release.

The funding…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 18, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,200 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,600 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor is ready to update the weekly benefit payments for Maine people currently enrolled in the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, according…

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Midcoast Community Chorus has submitted the following statement:

With great sadness, Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC), eleven years a non-auditioned choral group of annually…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association Interscholastic Management Committee voted Tuesday, during a virtual meeting, to push the start of Maine’s fall high school sports season back.

Many Midcoast restaurants have had to completely re-think their seating models in the summer of 2020 due to the social distancing…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 118. 

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 21, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 20, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,600 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

Islesboro Central School Head of School Chuck Hamm distributed the following letter Sunday, July 19: 

Dear ICS Community, 

I hope this letter finds you and your loved ones…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 19, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,600 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 18, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 117. 

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

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 18, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,600 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

BELFAST —The City of Belfast launched a COVID-19 public education plan this week. As part of the Keep Maine Healthy initiative by the Mills Administration, the City of Belfast…

The following is a transcript of a Friday, July 17 radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills: 

As the daughter of a woman who taught in the public schools in Maine for…

AUGUSTA — Members of the State’s leadership team including Governor Janet Mills, Education Commissioner Pender Makin, Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew and CDC Director Nirav…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Friday through a news release a series of steps her Administration is taking to assist and support school systems across Maine as they consider whether and…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced Friday it will invest more than $8 million from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to further boost access to child care and support Maine's working…

The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) announced July 14 that the Amtrak Downeaster will begin operating four round-trip trains between Brunswick and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 17, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 115. 

The individual was a resident of Penobscot…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 17, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,500 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

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CAMDEN — After securing Select Board endorsement for the idea of creating outdoor vendor space at the Tannery Park on Washington Street, in Camden, town staff members are now surveying businesses…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 16, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,500 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending July 11, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 4,600 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 3,400 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor has extended the date when unemployed Mainers who are permanently separated from their employer must start searching for work to August 9.

Under…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday her Economic Recovery Committee has delivered to her its immediate recommendations to stabilize and support Maine’s economy through the…

ROCKLAND — Usually the “fit out” season to get boats ready for sailing goes from March through late May with a Memorial Day start to the season for the Maine Windjammer Association, the largest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 15, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,500 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced Tuesday seven health care organizations will collectively launch nearly 20 “swab and send” COVID-19 test collection sites that will send samples to the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service is reminding taxpayers they have until the postponed due date of July 15 to file an extension for their 2019 federal tax return.

The…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

There have been more than 3,500 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…