Those in grades 2 through 5 will go remote at Monmouth Memorial School and Maranacook Middle School will go remote. Both are set to return Jan. 19.
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Maine makes plans to speed up vaccinations as it reports 6 more deaths and 313 new cases
Maine’s CDC director says preliminary planning is underway for higher-volume vaccination sites and an online registration system.
Our View: There are lessons to be learned from mild flu season
A “twin-demic” never materialized, and figuring out why could save lives in the future.
Johnson under fire as U.K. again faces onslaught of COVID-19
More than 3 million have tested positive and 81,000 have died.
Maine CDC identifies COVID-19 outbreaks at two Bath schools
Fisher-Mitchell School in Bath not resume full in-person instruction for the first time since March as initially planned after the Maine CDC listed the school as an outbreak status, alongside Morse High School, according to a letter from RSU 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel.
Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials’ warnings
Public health officials complained for months about not having enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms.
Central Maine schools consider options for next round of federal coronavirus relief funding
With the state set to receive more than $183 million for schools from the latest COVID-19 relief package, school officials across central Maine are discussing best uses for the money.
Maine Crisp Co. moving operations to Winslow
Family-owned company that began in Waterville is taking over a 17,500-square-foot facility at 20 Lithgow St.
Maine CDC reports 281 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
The daily numbers represent a lighter caseload than on many recent days, but the overall trend is dire, with Maine’s seven-day average of new daily cases at 530.9.
Our View: Small-business growth is the recession’s cure
The job loss in 2020 was worse than any recession in the last 50 years and will take extraordinary action to bring jobs back.