The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee wants to learn what the Mills administration plans to do with $1.25 billion in federal aid that has so far gone unspent.
COVID-19
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Scarborough Town Hall opens for business
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough Assistant Town Manager Larissa Crockett stood in front of the entrance to Town Hall Wednesday morning with a reusable mask over the lower half of her face and a box of disposable face masks tucked under her arm. Town Hall opened at 8 a.m. for the first time since March 17. It […]
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Cape Memory Care reels from virus case outbreak
More than half of the residents and nearly a third of the staff at Cape Memory Care have tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Five COVID-19 deaths reported at Springbrook in Westbrook
The skilled nursing center in Westbrook reports 37 positive tests among residents and 18 among employees.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Refugees know what it means to live with uncertainty
As we all cope with the COVID crisis, we can learn a lesson in resiliency.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Betsy Sweet: Looking at a post-COVID-19 world
The virus has exposed the need for universal health care, investment in infrastructure and broadband access for everyone.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine breweries urge Mills to let them open earlier
Brew pubs aren’t allowed to reopen until July 1, but the Maine Brewers Guild notes that many of its members have outdoor seating, making them as safe for patrons as restaurants, which can reopen June 1.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Times Record, Uncategorized
Vendor at BIW tests positive for COVID-19
Bath Iron Works reports its third case, saying the vendor was wearing personal protective equipment at the shipyard Friday and is now in quarantine, as are two other vendors who were in close proximity to the person who tested positive.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine mayors push Mills to share federal dollars with cities
Mayors in some of the state’s largest cities are asking why Gov. Janet Mills’ administration has not produced a plan to share federal funds to help municipalities with pandemic-related expenses.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: After the pandemic of 2020, make it Maine’s 201st birthday bash
The state’s bicentennial celebration, already disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, will have to wait until next year.