Wednesday, April 29, it was announced the Wilton Blueberry Festival has been postponed until Aug. 6 and 7, 2021. For other events, it is too soon to know.
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Maine restaurant group says industry will collapse if reopening restrictions aren’t relaxed
A group representing restaurant owners and workers sends a letter to Gov. Janet Mills seeking relief from her phased-in reopening plan and asking for input in making changes to it.
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What we need to know about wearing face covers in public
What are we supposed to wear on our faces? And why? And where?
Posted inMaine, News
Maine Acts of Kindness: Face masks, from China with love
YuJi Smith, 12, of Edgecomb donated 200 surgical face masks to the Maine Veterans’ Home in Augusta, courtesy of a relative in China and in honor of a World War II vet.
Posted inMaine
When can I go to a library again? Who, exactly, has to quarantine for 14 days and what does that mean?
Part of an occasional series answering readers’ questions about Maine. Q: I haven’t found where libraries fall into the state’s reopening plan. When can they reopen? A: Libraries are one of the many business and service sectors not listed anywhere in the reopening plan, so you are not the only one who is perplexed. Generally, […]
Posted inSports
Maine tells out-of-state golfers: Stay away as courses reopen
Even for Maine residents, golfers must play at courses in their own county, except for clubs where they are a member.
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Central Maine police weigh order requiring face coverings in public
Police throughout the region have discussed treating the matter on a case-by-case basis, with plenty of common sense and an eye toward education.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Maine gears up for partial reopening
Peeling onions, buying up face masks, booking out weeks of dog grooming appointments — a mix of Maine businesses are back in business Friday.
Posted inNews
BIW calls employees back to work as state begins to reopen
Many Bath Iron Works employees took extended unpaid leave after the coronavirus outbreak started, but now the shipyard says its time to return.
Posted inMaine
Newly released data suggest ‘alarming’ racial disparity among Maine’s COVID-19 cases
African Americans account for 1.7% of the state’s population but 3.7% of the state’s infections. The state CDC director says, ‘These disparities are concerning.’