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The Press Herald’s most-read stories of 2020
Three issues dominated the news this year: The coronavirus pandemic, a nationwide reckoning with systemic racism and racial injustice and the presidential election. That manifested in the stories that caught our readers' attention, from the impact of COVID-19 on Maine society and business, to the state's efforts to address racist place names long forgotten. Here are the top stories that Press Herald readers dove into this year.
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Maine choral directors are ‘disconsolate’ to hear experts say there will have to be a vaccine and an effective treatment for COVID-19 before groups can start singing together again.
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Analysis: Fundamental differences in the balance between individual liberty and the common good are reflected in COVID-19 trends.
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The 14-day self-quarantine order for anyone coming to Maine from out of state frustrates masses of second-home owners and raises uncertainty about a peak spending season.
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Julie Dimperio Holowach, a recently retired fashion executive from New York City, was swimming near Bailey Island on Monday afternoon when she was attacked.
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Several Maine poultry farms have received shipments of hundreds of chicks that died while being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, either because the shipments were delayed or mishandled.
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The Portland Sea Dogs and other businesses say they will no longer sell ice cream from the Sanford company, whose owner was accused of racial bias.
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One study puts it at the top of the list for most vulnerable states, but economists say the coronavirus recession's impact will depend on the public health response and industries' adaptability to prolonged social distancing.
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Myers, who had been sober for a year, died of an apparent overdose.
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Androscoggin County's daily trend has risen nearly 15-fold in recent weeks, while Cumberland County’s has tripled.
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With long testing delays in other states, some learn they tested positive after starting vacations in Maine.
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The islands bore slurs against Black people and Native American women even though both terms were banned as place names decades ago.
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Maine was the first state in the region to allow barbers and hair salons to open May 1, prompting people from as far away as Connecticut to ask for appointments.
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Maine's Republican senator defended her votes to acquit Trump on the same day Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified against him, lost his White House job and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland announced he had been recalled.
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Maine’s doppelganger neighbor, which acted early and decisively, has had no deaths and no nursing home outbreaks, and is down to just 2 active cases.
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Dana Rohrabacher, who once arm-wrestled the now-Russian president and represented Orange County, Calif., for 30 years in the U.S. House, now lives in York.
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Out-of-state visitors took tests at home but didn’t learn they tested positive until they were in Maine and possibly interacting with others.
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City officials say residents must shelter in place starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday to slow the spread of the virus, which has infected at least 5 city employees.
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The crowd gathered at the police station Monday to protest the death of a black man detained by police in Minneapolis, chanting ‘I can't breathe’ as they staged a die-in. At least 8 were arrested after several tense standoffs and some vandalism.
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City Manager Jon Jennings issues a curfew for businesses where people gather, such as bars and restaurants, requiring that they close all day Tuesday and between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. for the next 4 days.
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The U.S. Department of Justice weighs in to say the rule is unconstitutional, and Gov. Janet Mills responds that she is disgusted that the federal government would undermine the state's safety rules.
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The newly released data, covering only 55 of Maine’s 400 ZIP codes, show the northern Maine town of Medway with the second highest-caseload per capita.
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Figures updated by the Maine CDC hours after the Press Herald reported that only outdated numbers were available show a near quadrupling in the pace of new cases in the last 11 days of June.
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