A Portland woman who runs a small hair-cutting salon worries about the loss of income since she had to close her shop.
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Maine closing 10 state parks and beaches to stem tide of coronavirus
The closures, effective Friday, include Reid State Park, Popham Beach State Park, Two Lights State Park, Crescent Beach State Park and Scarborough Beach.
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BIW extends unpaid leave as worker attendance remains low
While the shipyard hasn’t halted production, despite calls to do so from union leaders and politicians, BIW leadership extended its unpaid leave offer to employees through April 10.
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New urgent care center opens in Lewiston
New urgent care center opens LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare’s new urgent care center at 685 Sabattus St., across from Hannaford supermarket, opened to the public on Wednesday. The Lewiston clinic will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. CMHC is hiring about 20 staff members.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’
Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine’s 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
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Community updates, notices and advice: UMF donates toilet paper to psychiatric hospital
UMF donates hundreds of toilet paper rolls to Riverview Psychiatric Center FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington has donated 320 rolls of toilet paper to the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta. The commodity has been in short supply with the recent COVID-19 pandemic. According to a UMaine spokesman, with many students studying remotely […]
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Auburn schools offer free internet access outside of buildings
AUBURN — The Auburn School Department has set up free Wi-Fi access for students and guests outside school buildings. The locations are: • Edward Little High School in the front parking lot by the main office; • Auburn Middle School in the front bus circle by the main office; • RETC (former Lake Street School) […]
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Lewiston mayor warns shelter-in-place order may be ‘inevitable’
City officials say there are still worrying examples of residents not practicing social distancing.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston manufacturer creates WeHaveFaceMasks.com to sell cotton masks at cost
Allen Manufacturing has a dozen stitchers sewing thousands of masks and shipping all over the country.