The USDA should make sure its recently announced program reaches everyone who needs it.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
George Smith: Enjoy the outdoors, and some good books
Baxter State Park is closed, and so are many libraries – but you can still hike and read.
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Posted inMaine, News
Virus fears bring isolation, added health problems to long-term care residents
With several Maine nursing homes and assisted-living facilities struggling to contain outbreaks, isolation and inactivity threaten residents and leave their families with no easy options.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: New cookbook from Salt Water Farm in Lincolnville offers help in home cooking
More creative ways to help out-of-work restaurant workers, Fat Boy is sold, and a chef runs a marathon
Posted inMaine, News
Protective gear wasn’t allocated to states based on population, despite administration’s claims
Maine got less than a third as many N95 respirators per capita as Vermont and Rhode Island but nearly three times as many as Texas.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: The joy of breaking ground, with a Maine-grown earworm in my head
David Mallett’s ‘The Garden Song’ has inspired green thumbs for decades, but never so much as in the spring of 2020.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Partisanship is more deadly than the coronavirus
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Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Trump says he’ll help New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo boost virus testing
The president and the Democratic governor put aside their differences and agree to work to double coronavirus testing in the hard-hit state over the next few weeks.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Hallowell City Council OKs amendments to emergency operations plan
The amendments included small changes from those discussed last week, which were opposed by a city councilor due to a lack of council control over crisis management and lack of diversity in staff.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
UMaine System makes plans for return of students in the fall
The Fall 2020 Safe Return Planning Committee will develop plans to safely bring students, employees and the public back to campuses if the system gets approval for face-to-face instruction by late August.