A trade group says, without help, 85 percent of small restaurants could close by the end of 2020.
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Some of Maine’s farm fairs try to salvage season online
The state would ordinarily be gearing up for the Fryeburg Fair, which dates to 1851 and employs hundreds of people in western Maine. The event is moving online this year from Oct. 4 to 11.
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No course correction for Republicans despite Trump’s positive test
They continue to move against mask mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.
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Trump’s diagnosis shows U.S. vulnerability to coronavirus
The nation is averaging 40,000 cases a day, and if complacency sets in, infections will rise.
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Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused
Nearly 150,000 people have been sent back to their countries of origin without due process.
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Chris Christie hospitalized with ‘mild’ virus symptoms
The former New Jersey governor tweets that he’s checked himself into a hospital, hours after he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Cam Newton tests positive for COVID-19; Patriots game Sunday postponed
The Patriots game against the Chiefs could be made up Monday or Tuesday after positive test on both teams.
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Maine CDC reports 27 new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths
The nation’s biggest coronavirus story this weekend is President Trump’s diagnosis with COVID-19, which led him to check in to a military hospital in suburban D.C.
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Third Republican senator confirms coronavirus infection
Aides to Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin say he’s tested positive for the coronavirus
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Invincibility punctured by infection: How the coronavirus spread in Trump’s White House
The White House’s handling of the period between the first known symptoms and the president’s infection is what experts considered a case study in irresponsibility and mismanagement.