While observing social distancing rules, we need to be creative about where we go to get outdoors.
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Douglas Rooks: Centralized authority has its limits
Pitting public health against “economic sustainability” doesn’t answer the important questions before us.
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Increase in arrests of Portland’s homeless worries civil liberties group
Police say the rise in arrests is due to many factors. The ACLU is concerned about introducing the coronavirus into the county jail.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine applications for public assistance doubled in April
The pandemic left many Mainers on unemployment and drove a sharp increase in applications for assistance, although the numbers dropped in late April as layoffs declined and families received higher federal jobless benefits.
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump administration shelves CDC guide to reopening country
The set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators is meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders who must decide when and how to reopen public places.
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After confirmed case, Lewiston shelter officials remain confident in protocols
Officials say a twice-a-day temperature check caught the shelter’s first case of COVID-19, and they have since taken more precautions.
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Stuck at home on her 95th birthday, ‘Mary T.’ has a party that comes to her. See the photos.
Mary Honan, who has lived nearly all her life in a home on Foreside Road in Falmouth, was treated Wednesday to a procession of fire trucks, police cruisers, and vehicles filled with her friends and family.
Posted inNation & World
Emerging virus aid bill aims to help states, Postal Service
The Democratic-driven legislation would also aid local governments and boost contact tracing to track the coronavirus, but arduous negotiations are expected with Republicans.
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Despite COVID-19, U.S. must move ahead with nuclear weapons work, top official says
Federal officials have set a deadline of 2030 for increased production of the plutonium cores used in nuclear weapons.
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Wells selectmen reopen the town’s beaches
Four beaches in town will join those in Old Orchard Beach and Scarborough for recreational, non-sunbathing purposes while adhering to social distancing guidelines.