The five school districts enroll students from 31 towns in central Maine and reported a total of seven cases.
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Collins calls meeting with Biden on stimulus plan ‘very useful,’ but no agreement reached
Maine’s senior senator heads a group of 10 Republicans that is promoting a $618 billion relief package, less than one-third of what the president has proposed.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Uncategorized
Hospitals cancel COVID-19 vaccination clinics as winter storm approaches Maine
Meanwhile, the Maine CDC reported 219 new COVID-19 cases and 5 additional deaths Monday, continuing the downward trend in new infections.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Pandemic’s deadliest month in U.S. ends with signs of progress
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inMaine, News
Scammers targeting seniors waiting for COVID-19 vaccine
Police departments in southern Maine have started to receive reports from residents who have received suspicious calls.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Millions of children left behind by online education
We haven’t made the necessary investments to bring them back.
Posted inNation & World
Biden agrees to meet with Republican group led by Sen. Collins to discuss compromise COVID relief package
Ten Republican senators, led by Susan Collins, are proposing a relief package much smaller than $1.9 trillion plan sought by the president.
Posted inNation & World
Thousands join in Jerusalem funeral, flout pandemic rules
Attempting to disperse the crowd of ultra-Orthodox Israelis would have been ‘unwise and dangerous,’ a police official says.
Posted inNation & World
Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students
President Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April.
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Anxiety grows as long-term care awaits COVID-19 vaccines
Residents and staff were among the top priorities, but now many are being told they won’t receive a shot until mid-February.