Greater Androscoggin Humane Society closes; operations continue Greater Androscoggin Humane Society officials announced modified operations to limit exposure to COVID-19. The shelter is closing, but staff and volunteers will continue operations and the care and feeding of the animals. Adoptions are still encouraged, but they will be done by appointment only. Staff will be ramping […]
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Advocates call for releasing some Maine inmates as jails, courts try to limit infections
The American Civil Liberties Union has urged governors in all 50 states to release inmates with less than a year left on their sentences.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Lisbon closes town facilities, issues contact procedures
Town Office will is closed March 18-31.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Unemployment claims in Maine surpassed February’s total in just 3 days this week
Nearly 5,000 Mainers have claimed unemployment since Sunday, putting Maine on track to surpass the highest weekly total since the Great Recession.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Treasury proposes to pay out $500 billion to Americans starting in April
Two sets of checks, with amounts depending on income and family size, are the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy amid the coronavirus epidemic.
Posted inMaine, News
Gov. Mills closes restaurant dining rooms and bars, prohibits social gatherings of more than 10
The governor issues the executive order, which runs through March 31, after the number of coronavirus cases in the state goes from zero to 42 in less than a week.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News, The Franklin Journal
Chesterville plans to postpone elections, annual meeting
The meeting will open Friday to consider a motion to recess until May 29.
Posted inNation / World, News
Across U.S., a vast disparity in states’ responses to coronavirus
Absent federal mandates and clear guidance, states, counties and cities are making their own calls.
Posted inMaine, News
Emergency legislation will allow towns and school districts to meet remotely
LEWISTON — The Legislature has passed emergency legislation to amend Maine’s Freedom of Access Act to allow governmental bodies, including towns, cities and school districts, to hold meetings by phone or other electronic means. Committees and councils are still required to provide notice of meetings, as required in current law, but now must also provide […]
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Coronavirus latest: China reports no new cases in original epicenter, Hubei
The latest information on the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. BEIJING — China has reported no new cases in Hubei, the original epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak, and zero locally transmitted cases across mainland China over the past day, for the first time in the past eight weeks. The National Health Commission, however, […]