Seven residents and one staff member have tested positive for the virus at Sandy River Center.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Hospitals compete for nurses as U.S. coronavirus cases surge
Adding to the strain, experienced nurses are ‘burned out with this whole (pandemic)’ and some are quitting, one nurse in Michigan reports.
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Posted inSports
UMaine’s conference unveils 2020-21 basketball schedule
America East Conference games are slated to start in December and run through the end of February.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine Crime, Politics
U.S. Senate candidate calls Maine’s top public health official a ‘death doctor’ and Gov. Mills a ‘psychopath’
Independent U.S. Senate hopeful Max Linn lashes out in campaign’s final days against those he thinks for stifling freedom with rules to thwart COVID-19.
Posted inNation & World
The Latest: Polling places are latest front in battle over face masks
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inNation & World
Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert
The president’s rift with the nation’s top infectious disease expert widens.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Active cases hit new high as Gov. Mills apologizes for tighter limits
Maine’s numbers continue to trend upward, and the number of active cases – 1,063 – is the highest it’s been since the pandemic started.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Vassalboro Community School to go remote due to COVID-19 case, voting changed to town office
A spouse of a staff member tested positive, prompting the school to close and the town to change the voting site to the town office.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Positive test for COVID-19 recorded at Winslow High School
The positive case at Winslow High is the school system’s first, and those with direct contact to the infected person will quarantine until Monday, Nov. 9.
Posted inMaine
Coronavirus case detected at Yarmouth High School
School officials did not say whether the person who tested positive for COVID-19 was a staff member or student.