An overwhelming amount of false information about COVID-19 followed the coronavirus as it circled the globe over the past year.
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After push from Maine Attorney General, Phippsburg board adopts Mills’ mask mandate
In a letter to the Phippsburg Select Board, Attorney General Aaron Frey wrote Gov. Mills’ executive order makes the board “legally obligated to require the use of face coverings in all municipal buildings.”
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Snowtrac: Snow totals for Dec. 17 storm
The map below illustrates reported snowfall accumulations from National Weather Service observers as of 9 p.m. Thursday. INTERACTIVE: Press Herald | @pressherald
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York County fire chiefs prepare to get vaccines to EMS workers
The York County Chiefs’ Association says it will help distribute the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to EMS workers in the county.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. jobless claims rise to 885,000 amid resurgence of virus
Many employers are still slashing jobs as the pandemic forces more business restrictions and leads many consumers to stay home.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Paul Mills: The ghosts of Maine Christmas past
“Always winter, but never Christmas,” wrote C.S. Lewis some 70 years ago. He was not of course speaking of our own COVID-19 time. But he could have been speaking of most of Maine’s history until the middle of the 19th century. Why then was Christmas not observed? The answer lies in the bedrock of early […]
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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine gets public review ahead of likely approval
It’s the next-to-last step for the vaccine developed by drugmaker Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.
Posted inNation & World
Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus
Government contractors are igniting dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops.
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With pandemic aid set to expire, new unemployment claims hit 5-month high in Maine
Claims for state benefits totaled about 3,000 for the second consecutive week, which officials say is the result of seasonal layoffs.
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Another day, another record: Maine reports 590 new cases
Nine more deaths were reported as well. New cases, as well as hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, continue to surge to unprecedented levels in Maine and across the country.