It is not immediately clear when or if law enforcement officers will be sent in to remove the demonstrators.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 hospitalizations fall below 300 for first time since before Thanksgiving
The average number of positive test results received by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention each day has been nearly cut in half just in the past week.
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Posted inFranklin, Health, The Franklin Journal
Franklin Memorial Hospital amends visitor guidelines
The most notable changes to the policy include different visitor hours, that patients may now be accompanied by a loved-one in a pre-op area and postpartum mothers are permitted an additional visitor.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Augusta Chizzle Wizzle president asks board of education to lift mask requirement while on stage
This year’s Chizzle Wizzle is the first in-person performance in two years and will mark the 131st year the show has gone on.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
COVID-19 cases drop in Maine schools for first time since holiday break
The pandemic continues to take lives and strain hospitals even as more signs show the omicron wave is subsiding in Maine and around the country.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Early reports from state wastewater testing program suggest spread of COVID-19 in Lewiston, Auburn decreasing
While it will still take a several more weeks of data collection to create a baseline, the Maine CDC director called the early indications in the reports “encouraging.”
Posted inNation / World
Second man pleads guilty in alleged 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor
The FBI had infiltrated the group of 6 men and broke up the plan with a series of arrests in October 2020, just as the presidential election campaign neared a close.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
Can you get long COVID after an infection with omicron?
Experts say it’s too early to know whether people infected with the omicron variant will develop long COVID.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Trudeau defends COVID-19 restrictions while truck blockades continue
A blockade by people mostly in pickup trucks entered its 3rd day at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, which carries 25% of trade between Canada and the U.S.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine hospitals see substantial drop in COVID-19 patients
Total hospitalizations have dropped 30% in less than a month, and the number in critical care is down 47% since Dec. 19.