With the state under a stay-at-home order, young dancers have taken to their dining rooms and basements to get lessons in.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Still no date in sight for expansion of Maine unemployment benefits
Maine and other states are still figuring out how to implement a massive adjustment to the jobless claims system to include contractors and self-employed workers.
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Posted inNation / World
As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdown
Gatherings of 50 people or more are banned, high schools and universities are closed, but restaurants and most businesses remain open.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Maine colleges and universities receive $41 million in federal coronavirus aid
Half the money distributed under the federal relief package must go directly to students.
Posted inBusiness
Dating app grants aid to small businesses faster than Uncle Sam
Bumble is offering $5,000 to women-run businesses, many of which are less than a month away from permanently closing.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine’s many summer camps hope they can open this year
Staying closed all summer would be a ‘huge’ financial hit, Maine Summer Camps director says, and some camps may not survive.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Colby College resolved to ‘keep the learning going’ amid remote classes
Officials said they gave freedom to faculty to use the tools and practices they thought worked best to finish college courses after the coronavirus pandemic forced campuses across the country to send students home.
Posted inBusiness, Giving Back
Bangor Savings Bank Foundation donates to Good Shepherd Food Bank
AUBURN — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has donated $40,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank, one of five grants totaling $100,000 to nonprofits in Maine and New Hampshire focusing on food security. The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation additionally made a $25,000 gift toward COVID-19 response during the United Way telethon in Maine.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
John Krasinski, Big Papi surprise Boston medical workers with lifetime Red Sox tickets
Actor John Krasinski is joined by Red Sox legend David Ortiz in presenting COVID-19 unit workers with four lifetime Red Sox tickets for “you and everybody at Beth Israel.”
Posted inSports
Delay costs IOC ‘several hundred million’; Japan will pay rest of $2 billion-$6 billion
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said based on a a 2013 agreement, all added costs beyond the IOC obligations will be covered by Japan.