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    A person strolls Thursday March 19, 2020 past the swing set at the Gardiner Common. City officials closed the playgrounds in the community to reduce exposure to the coronavirus, according to a posting on the city's social media page.

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    Augusta Food Bank Director Bob Moore unpacks donated food Wednesday at the Augusta non-profit.

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    Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, left, and American Sign Language interpreter Regan Thibodeau during the daily COVID-19 news briefing on Thursday March 19, 2020 at the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Augusta. (Staff photo by Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)

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    Aaron Harris, owner of the A1 Diner, puts on disposable gloves Tuesday before preparing a meal behind the counter at the Gardiner landmark. Harris has decided to serve only takeout orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Birds swarm around as the compactor rolls over piles of fresh garbage on Thursday March 19, 2020 at Hatch Hill landfill in Augusta. There have been recent rules changes at the landfill including new hours, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., no cash payments, credit only, and no access for bird watchers to visit.

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    A customer exits the Monmouth General Store on Tuesday next to a sandwich board that takes a swipe at hoarding across the United States that is absent in Monmouth. Like many small enterprises across Maine, the Monmouth General remains well stocked with essential items as coronavirus and fear spreads.

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    Augusta Schools food service worker Brenda Cormier serves bagged meals to children Monday morning at Williams Playground in Augusta. The food service department is preparing meals to students who aren't attending school, which has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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    Skowhegan firefighter Ty Strout holds the flag of former chief Carl McKenney as people enter for the funeral service Saturday at T&B's Celebration Center in Skowhegan.

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    Melissa Fales looks inside the kitchen cupboard of a Vintage Cruiser by Gulfstream trailer during a show on Friday March 13, 2020 at the Augusta Civic Center.

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    Journey Champagne, 17, of Waterville utilizes the open court to exercise with plenty of social distancing space at the North Street court in Waterville on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

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    Loyal Biscuit's Chelsie Herrin, balances 25-pound bags of pet food while unloading four pallets of dog and cat food at the downtown Waterville, Maine store Wednesday March 18, 2020. Store manager Adam Balbo said the shipment was double the normal order. Balbo attributed the increased sales to the public reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. He added that some stores are selling out of pet foods in the wake of the coronavirus.

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    Health care workers test a patient Tuesday at the new drive-up testing facility outside the emergency room entrance at Maine General Medical Center's Thayer campus in Waterville.

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    Michele Sweet leaves the light on for the public on the stage at the Waterville Opera House letting people know they'll be there when this pandemic is over at the Waterville Opera House on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

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    Sue Greenan knits a sweater Saturday as she listens to residents debate Article 40 on whether to raise taxes to hire a second full-time firefighter/paramedic to be based at the Belgrade Lake fire station. The annual Town Meeting was held at the Rome Community Center.

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    Robert Sezak of Re-Books suggests a book to a customer at the used and rare book store in Waterville, Maine Thursday March 19, 2020.

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    Volunteer Serena Ferreira carries containers holding pulled pork baked beans while helping with the curbside meal service for school age children 18 and younger during the Alfond Youth and Community Center curbside meal service at Fort Halifax in Winslow, Maine Thursday March 19, 2020. The special service helps feed area students amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Silver Street Tavern owner Charlie Giguere, left, took issue with the city's poor communication regarding Monday's restaurant closure announcement. He is keeping tavern head chef Joe Plumstead on salary.

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    The 1910 St. Albans Town Hall features many historic design elements as well as a performance hall for large events. The stage is framed in wood and shown Monday March 16, 2020.

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    Crusted ice clings to a rock as ice and water meet where Indian Pond spills into Indian Stream in St. Albans, Maine Tuesday March 17, 2020.

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    Colby College student Helen Wang of California carries a giant pink teddy bear as she and other students loaded their belongings and left school in Waterville Sunday. Wang said the bear, which belongs to a friend, was traveling to New York.

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    Mia Conway, 10, drops a can into a bag her mother, Katie Conway, lugged Wednesday along Route 17 in Fayette, accompanied by Trudy Cormier. The elder Conway and Cormier teach together at Readfield Elementary School where Mia is enrolled. The trio attempts to go out every day together to clean up different routes, at a nickel a bottle, to enable Mia to make a down payment on a car someday.

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    Rose Bernard Colby College dining services stocks food items Sunday before she and other staff served students and their parents during a going away giveaway outside the dorms at the college in Waterville. Bernard said she'd served 150 people on Saturday and was anticipating about 150 more on Sunday. Bernard said it their way to give students a "big thank you and goodbye."

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