Community service, sports, clubs and even credit standards are being waived this year.
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Nation’s officials plead: Don’t let Super Bowl become superspreader event
They urge people to gather with friends over Zoom, not in crowds, for Sunday’s football game.
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The Latest: China’s northeast outbreaks appear under control
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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Air travel recovery likely pushed back to 2022
The delay threatens to kill the careers of hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight crew and airport workers.
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Maine CDC reports 265 new cases of COVID-19, two more deaths
Although the state is seeing positive downward trends in new cases and hospitalizations, public health officials are warning against large gatherings this weekend for the Super Bowl.
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Maine gyms and fitness centers hope something works out soon to boost business
Pointing to low transmission rates even while their industry struggles, gym owners want state officials to increase customer occupancy limits.
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Coronavirus cases drop at U.S. nursing homes and assisted living centers
The federal government says 1.5 million long-term care residents have already received at least an initial dose of vaccine.
Posted inMaine, News
Failure to follow safety protocols led to COVID-19 outbreak at York County Jail, report confirms
Masking, social distancing and other precautions were largely ignored at the jail, the site of one of the state’s largest outbreaks, according to a report by an outside investigator.
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Mutated virus may reinfect people already stricken once with COVID-19
The finding from a trial of an experimental vaccine has potential implications for how the pandemic will be brought under control.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Attorney General to Androscoggin County commissioners: Mask up
Aaron Frey sent a letter on the heels of a meeting Wednesday in which the panel voted to table a resolution rejecting the COVID-19 mask mandate ordered by Gov. Janet Mills.