Virus Diaries
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PublishedJune 11, 2020
The Virus Diaries: ‘Don’t get discouraged, because you’re not alone’
An avid runner shares her story about finding the strength to keep going when everything starts badly.
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PublishedJune 10, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Portland hiker sticks it out on the Appalachian Trail
Rob Landry started the 2,200-mile trek on March 7, choosing to stay on the trail even after thru-hikers were asked to leave.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
The Virus Diaries: After father’s death, ‘Nothing could keep me from my mother’
Press Herald reporter Meredith Goad details her journey to be with family in Tennessee, including a funeral restricted to just 10 people, after her father died in early May.
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PublishedJune 1, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Even in the tropics, the pandemic gets wearing
A former Downeast Magazine editor and her family are coping with isolation during a lockdown in the Cayman Islands.
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PublishedMay 28, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Even with 26 years of sobriety, the loss of AA meetings is a worry
A longtime member of Alcoholics Anonymous misses the intimacy of in-person meetings that have been forced to go virtual because of the pandemic.
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PublishedMay 27, 2020
The Virus Diaries: Mainer finds himself stuck, halfway around the world
Sean O'Connor boarded a vessel in January and expected to be home in April. But the pandemic has had him trapped aboard ship in Singapore for months.
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PublishedMay 26, 2020
The Virus Diaries: York women lend their voices to global concert event
Barbara Kautz and Sudie Blanchard are among 3,800 people worldwide to sing in a virtual performance of Handel's ‘Messiah,’ to be streamed Sunday.
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PublishedMay 22, 2020
The Virus Diaries: ‘Despite all the unknowns … life keeps happening’
Jessica Sobey has been on the front line of the pandemic as a nurse at Maine Medical Center. But it's her life at home that has made the past few months so memorable.
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PublishedMay 21, 2020
The Virus Diaries: ‘We put everything on the line’
Despite the pandemic, a Cumberland couple have purchased a business for the first time.
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PublishedMay 14, 2020
The Virus Diaries: ‘I think it will be interesting to see how we grow up’
A high school junior struggles with being separated from his friends and classmates, and wonders what the future will look like in the wake of the pandemic.
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