A man walking along Commercial Street in Portland on April 16 is reflected in the door of a gift shop displaying a closed sign.
Justin Nilsen of North Yarmouth waits to pick up takeout at Luke's Lobster in Portland last week. Co-founder Ben Coniff says the restaurant is preparing for when it can fully open again, spacing tables farther apart and creating an online ordering platform.
A woman is reflected in the doors to Fore Play Sports Pub on Fore Street on April 14.
Two people sit six feet apart from each other while taking in the view at Fort Sumner Park April 14.The two said they have been walking together, staying 6 feet apart, when it is nice outside.
A road sign on I-295 reads ÒFIGHT COVID-19Ó .
Josiah and Claire Coyle walk with their dog Luxembourg on Pine Street in Portland while wearing masks made by JosiahÕs sister.
A man walks through the empty parking lot of the Ocean Gateway Terminal in Portland.
Peter and Maryann Gordon have both had COVID-19 and have recovered. (Staff Photo by Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
A sign thanking health care workers was posted near a mobile testing site at MartinÕs Point Health Care Center.
AnnAmeriCorps member volunteers as a 211 call operator in South Portland. 211, an information and referral service that connects people of all ages across Maine to local services, has been flooded with coronavirus calls.
A Metro bus driver takes precautions on his route in Portland. Cumberland County continues to lead Maine by a wide margin in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
A woman wears a face covering while bicycling across Portland's TukeyÕs Bridge.
A man jogs on Back Cove Trail in Portland. The parking lots to Back Cove are closed to cut down on the numbers of people who visit.
Governor Janet Mills, photographed in her office April 10, comes to strict distancing orders deliberately, aware of Maine's independence and protective of constitutional rights.
PORTLAND, ME - APRIL 15: A sign hangs from the rear-view mirror of a car parked in front of Maine Medical Center on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (Staff photo by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer)
A health care worker leaves Maine Medical Center on April 17.
Mark Shapp, a Metro Driver, crosses Congress Street on Saturday during his lunch break.
Typically about half of the COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Maine have been at the Maine Medical Center. (Staff photo by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer)
A man wearing a face covering walks through Monument Square on Saturday. No one knows what the seasonal effects of the novel coronavirus are, if people who recover are immune, or how long it will take to develop a vaccine.
Jason Wigglesworth returns carts to ShawÕs Supermarket at Westgate Shopping Center in Portland on April 9.
Ryan Gauvreau of Falmouth maintains social distance amid other masked shoppers in a long line snaking through the Trader Joe's parking lot in Portland.
Many businesses in downtown Portland post hopeful signs in their windows while they are closed due to the pandemic.
Dog-walking with a mask on Spring Street in Portland.
Normally, the Franklin Arterial, seen here looking up from Commercial Street, would be full of traffic at noon. It was deserted on Thursday, April 16.
Bard Coffee with the stools up during the Covid 19 pandemic in Portland.
PORTLAND, ME - APRIL 12: A man carrying an umbrella wears face covering while walking on Congress Street on a rainy Monday morning. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer)
Health care workers exit Maine Medical Center.
Delaney Donovan loads bread into one of the Portland school busses at Wayside Food Pantry on April 3. Portland Public Schools started doing a supplemental food drop for dozens of vulnerable families. The district reached out to Wayside Food Pantry to see if they could help.
A woman wearing a face covering walks past empty poster boxes at Nickelodeon Cinemas on Middle Street in Portland.
Wayside Food Programs is one of many in Maine trying to meet rising demands for food assistance. The program went from 50 or 60 boxes of food each distribution day to having to hand out between 400 and 500 boxes. Chris Chela, right, and Nick DeSouza load up Ania SkrzypekÕs car with 20 boxes at Wayside Food Pantry on April 3. Each box contains about 25 meals.
Karen Schilling packs cans of fruit into one of the food boxes at Wayside Food Pantry on April 3.
A man walks to a ÒwellnessÓ center at University of Southern MaineÕs Sullivan Gym, April 3. The gym will provide 24 hour shelter for homeless people who have no symptoms of COVID-19.
Seasonal houses along Wells Beach, seen here from across Wells Harbor, are tightly packed together. Wells has prohibited all short-term rentals until at least May 1 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Raymond Millette reads a newspaper in a bus stop shelter on Tuesday near the Biddeford Police Department where a sign advises people arriving from out of state to self quarantine for 14 days.
People stand in line to get into Hannaford off of Forest Ave. in Portland on April 6. (The telephoto lens compresses the look of the distance between them and makes them appear closer to each other than to the human eye.)
The marquee at Port City Music Hall offers words of encouragement.
A woman dons a mask and gloves as she walks back to her car in the rain with groceries after leaving Trader Joe's on April 3, 2020.
In the tradition of Clam Fest parade preparations, a pair of patio chairs line the sidewalk on Main Street in Yarmouth with a lighthearted handwritten message of "Clam Fest 2020 ... even if it's 6 feet apart."
Jan Goranson, co-owner of Goranson Farm, wears a handmade safety mask while wiping down a clear plastic divider at the cashier station at the Winter Farmers Market on Stevens Avenue on April 4.
A man wears a mask as he waits at a bus stop on Congress Street in Portland on April 6.
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