Tenants and landlords will both get in deeper trouble if Congress does not pass rental subsidies.
COVID-19
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Third death linked to Millinocket wedding as Maine reports 19 new COVID-19 cases
The Aug. 7 wedding and reception has been linked to 147 virus cases and outbreaks at the York County Jail and a nursing home in Madison.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The many deaths from COVID-19 cannot be wished away
President Trump has no plan to stop the deaths from the novel coronavirus, so he’s trying to make them disappear.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine CDC reports 24 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths
Maine’s seven-day average of 27 new cases daily is higher than in early August, due in part to an outbreak of more than 130 cases linked to a Millinocket wedding and reception.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Teachers aren’t to blame for COVID reopening confusion
Once again, a failure to deal with a social problem is dumped on the schools to fix.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mainers should plan for a COVID winter
As the temperatures drop, we will all need to take special care to keep each other safe.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Maine, News, Schools and Education, Southern Maine Weeklies
UNE investigating party tied to 3 cases of COVID-19
One student tested negative before returning to campus, then got the results of a positive test after attending the off-campus party last week.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Schools across Maine still ‘green’ to reopen, but Penobscot and York counties on watch
The state says it’s monitoring their rising COVID-19 case numbers due to recent outbreaks, including 54 cases at the York County Jail.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Mills signs executive order to support absentee voting, protect polling places from COVID-19
The order gives clerks more time to process absentee ballots, limits the number of people in a polling place to 50 and requires municipalities to promote distancing among voters and poll workers.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 claims another Maine life, and 24 new cases are reported
The state’s 7-day average of daily cases has decreased slightly in the last week.