Mt. Ararat High School has been shut down and students will be remote learning until they can return on Feb. 8.
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Report shows significant lack of quality child care in rural Maine communities
The effects of this need are far-reaching, but a statewide effort to improve the situation could turn around the lives of children in rural areas such as Somerset County.
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Hundreds sign up for shots at mass vaccination clinic in Bangor
Northern Light Health says it has partnered with the Cross Insurance Center to open a site at the Bangor facility Tuesday, with the goal of giving 900 doses that day.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Community provides food, masks and more for Spruce Mountain schools
Judy Hamilton of Hartford has made close to 1,600 masks for the elementary school and will continue making them so long as the need is there and she can get fabric donated.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Corrections officers begin getting vaccine, and advocates say inmates should as well
The congregate setting puts incarcerated people at high risk and correctional facilities across the country have been hotspots for COVID-19 outbreaks, including Maine’s two largest at a single site.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Open town meeting discussed in Livermore
Selectpersons and the Budget Committee will meet beginning in mid-March to review the proposed fiscal year 2021-2022 budget.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
RSU 9 schools back in session
RSU 9 reported 5 new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 22, but no close contacts were identified.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
School nurses at Spruce schools keeping students, staff safe during pandemic
The school nurses goal is to keep staff and students safe and in school in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Free tax filing services offered by Western Maine CA$H Coalition
Clients who make $56,000 or less are eligible for free tax preparation services with the United Way of the Tri-Valley Area.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News
Biden says he’s ‘bringing back the pros’ for virus briefings
The new president is dispatching the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to brief the American public regularly about the pandemic.