Students at the Marti Stevens Learning Center built a chicken coop and raised the birds from the time they hatched.

Students at the Marti Stevens Learning Center built a chicken coop and raised the birds from the time they hatched.

Gov. Janet Mills' Economic Recovery Committee recommends long-term steps and investment to get the state's businesses and society back on track.

All basketball and hockey games have been called off through at least Dec. 8.

The cases include the second reported at Monmouth Memorial School, the first at Mount View High School, the third at Nokomis Regional High School and a substitute worker at Waterville Senior High School.

34 residents and 22 staffers have tested positive for the disease, which has slammed the memory care unit.

The Capital Judicial Center was closed to the public Tuesday and Wednesday.

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

A Maine medical supplies manufacturer has been awarded more than $11 million from the federal government to produce millions more testing swabs.

Colleges around Maine will send students home to finish the semester remotely after Thanksgiving, but only after testing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during travel.

Millions of Americans are crowding the nation’s airports, many of them unwilling to miss out on seeing family and convinced they can do it safely.

Millions of pilgrims travel to Mexico City to celebrate the Virgin every Dec. 12.

Tom Keene had served as the Skowhegan Fire Chief from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2008 to 2014.

There are a total of three reported cases of COVID-19 at Skowhegan Area Middle School, the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention said Monday.

The game is one of several slated to be played at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, as college basketball tries to navigate games during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Parade of Lights and live visits with Santa Claus will not happen this season in Waterville because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but other holiday activities are happening, including a house-lighting contest, book giveaways, letters to Santa and virtual visits with jolly ol' St. Nick.

Scott Greaney and his family expect to more than double the number of turkeys they process in a normal years, but with the pandemic, nothing is normal.

Despite pleas from the CDC to skip Thanksgiving travel, about 1 million people a day packed planes over the weekend.

Midcoast Pizza and More in Bath will serve a free Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, but only through pick-up or delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Calls to both the Maine Crisis Line and the Intentional Warm Line have ticked back up as COVID-19 has spread in recent weeks.

In “Let Us Dream,” Francis also criticizes populist politicians who whip up rallies in ways reminiscent of the 1930s, and the hypocrisy of “rigid” conservative Catholics who support them.

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

State officials reports 185 more coronavirus cases and one death Monday, and its director says new infections are outpacing the agency's ability to keep up.

MaineGeneral Health's chief executive officer, Chuck Hays, and Steve Diaz, the health system's chief medical officer, urge people to follow safety protocol and not to spend holidays with anyone they don't live with, except virtually.

Coronavirus has compounded the statewide problem that existed before its onset as it attacks EMTs and those training for the service.

Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the Oxford-AstraZeneca candidate doesn’t have to be stored at ultra-cold temperatures, making it easier to distribute.

Doubts still linger among Mainers about the safest ways to use them, so here are some answers.

A second officer has has tested probable for the coronavirus as the small department adjusts to having two members of its force in quarantine.

The infection is one of two active cases at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Russia’s health care system has been under severe strains in recent weeks, as a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic has swept the country.

The initiative focuses on expanding testing and increased public health education.

Tardiff-Belanger American Legion Post 39 on South Maple Street hosts bingo games every Sunday afternoon.

The coalition expresses support for COVAX, an international initiative to distribute vaccines to countries worldwide, which the U.S. declined to join under President Trump.

Some pop-up clinics are charging $150 or more for a place at the front of the line.

To get around the issue of no bathrooms or water for events at the chapel, officials hope to build a caretaker's cottage to provide those necessities.

It's the seventh time new daily cases have topped 200 in the past two weeks, as hospitalizations set a new record of 94 during the pandemic.

These techniques save time and oven energy.

Thanks to the pandemic, Mainers are ditching some Thanksgiving traditions this year, and introducing a range of new ones.

Is this really the time to be starting a new business? Plenty of Mainers seem to think so.

Owners of new Maine restaurants say they were too far along to abandon their business plans when the pandemic hit.

Residents of Maine and surrounding states are expected to stay home in unusually large numbers because of the worsening pandemic.

The final in a series in which we share a recipe, here for Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad, from a 2020 Beard Award finalist.

The state must confront logistical hurdles when the first doses arrive, possibly as early as December.

The Mills administration's 9 p.m. closing order isn't punitive. It's common sense.

We can’t do everything we did in previous years, but we can make sure this year’s spending will help local businesses.

Gardens Aglow, opening for its sixth year Saturday at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, will be a drive-thru experience during this year of the pandemic. Tickets are $40 per car for non-members, and tickets must be purchased in advance.

We stop at stop signs even though they're annoying, because it helps our society. The same goes for wearing a mask to protect ourselves and others.

'You get pushed to a level that is absurd,' said one Maine pharmacist. And COVID-19 vaccinations are coming soon. 'Lives are on the line,' said another.

With a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Maine, communities and families are finding new and less risky ways to celebrate the holidays.