Businesses around Lewiston-Auburn and Western Maine react to Gov. Janet Mills’ four-part timeline for reopening the economy, from “we’re fortunate” to it “felt like I was being kicked while I was down.”
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Answers to some of the many questions prompted by the reopening plan
For example, is a pub a restaurant or a bar, and when can it open? And, will the 14-day tourist quarantine really last all summer?
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Funtown Splashtown amusement park reportedly pulls plug on summer operations
Funtown Splashtown USA, the amusement park in Saco, will not open this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic. Park owner Kevin Cormier made the decision Wednesday, News Center Maine (WCSH/WLBZ) reported. The decision was in response to state restrictions designed to halt the spread of COVID-19 that prohibit gatherings of more than 50 people through […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn teacher giving science lessons through his kitchen videos
Teachers across Maine were forced to learn new ways to connect with their students. Introduced overnight was distance learning, remote learning, Facetime, Zoom, whatever anyone wishes to call it. Bill Murray calls it “emergency learning.”
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
RSU 10 board to vote on $29.4M budget
The proposal is 5.3% more than this year.
Posted inOxford Hills
Oxford Elementary gym teacher inspires students by taking to the trails
Since schools shut down, Emily May Gagnon Ellis has been providing trail reports to her students.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
RSU 56 board adopts $12.97M budget
Votes will be held in June and July.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine tourism industry worries quarantine rule will cancel its summer
A 14-day isolation requirement for people coming into the state through August would deal a crippling blow to tourism businesses, but Maine’s economic development chief calls the rule ‘a last-case choice.’
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Businesses first in line under Mills’ recovery plan approach reopening with caution
Some say they will hold off for a few days to make sure they meet state guidelines as the economy begins to churn back to life.
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Show goes on for the WWE in Florida — even during a pandemic
Live events continue, sans fans, at company’s training center, and, Kevin Blackistone writes, wrestlers and employees don’t have much say in the matter.