The church is expecting around 200 meals to be delivered and handed out curbside on Friday.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Safety a higher priority than sales for many small retailers
Already struggling because of the pandemic, they are taking extraordinary steps this holiday season to try to lessen the spread of the coronavirus.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Despite warnings, thousands of Mainers expected to travel for holidays
Winter holiday travel will be far less prevalent than in previous years, but many will still hit the road as public officials urge caution amid the raging pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Jobless claims remain high in Maine as pandemic rages
Nearly 3,000 more state unemployment claims were filed last week as President Trump casts doubt on an aid package that would benefit tens of thousands of jobless Mainers.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Moderna vaccine given to health care workers in Central Maine amid case surge
Front-line health care providers received the first of two doses of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday morning in several locations, including at Skowhegan’s Redington-Fairview General Hospital.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
With a video filmed in secret, Trump keeps sowing chaos
The president spoke into the camera not to deliver warm Christmas wishes, but to threaten to detonate Congress’ $900 billion COVID-19 relief and year-end package.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine prepares to expand COVID-19 vaccine rollout; reports first allergic reaction
An unidentified worker at Maine Medical Center who has a history of severe allergies was doing well after being treated for anaphylaxis Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
‘Mom’s worth it’: U.S. holiday travel surges despite outbreak
Many people at airports this week thought long and hard about whether to go somewhere and found a way to rationalize it.
Posted inSchools and Education, Uncategorized
Portland school board votes to give workers $18-an-hour minimum wage hazard pay
The city has said it will wait to enforce the hazard pay provision in the minimum wage referendum approved by voters in November, but the school board voted Tuesday to implement the provision retroactively to Dec. 3.
Posted inMaine
Photos: Delta Ambulance workers in Waterville receive COVID-19 vaccinations
Photographer Michael G. Seamans documents the Moderna vaccine being administered to local ambulance workers Wednesday morning amid surging cases of coronavirus in Maine and across the country.