Churches around the state are organizing online Easter services and moments of prayer to take the place of sunrise services and traditional celebrations.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Sidelines: The cancellation of the Maine high school sports spring season is a punch to the gut
MPA’s decision to end the season a devastating blow for athletes and coaches, Drew Bonifant writes.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Many central Maine school buildings to remain closed for rest of school year
Some superintendents announced plans Thursday to continue remote or distance learning through June, following Tuesday’s recommendation by Maine’s education commissioner. Others are taking a wait-and-see position.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Maine’s largest hunger relief charity is struggling to keep up
Facing soaring demand and shrinking donations, Good Shepherd Food Bank looks to Washington for help.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Crowding at Portland shelter still a concern despite new space at USM gym
City officials say not enough homeless people have been moved into the new shelter in the University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan gymnasium.
Posted inLocal & State, News
The Virus Diaries: Moving gets complicated during a pandemic
A couple came to Maine from Ohio in search of their forever home. They found it, but now they can’t get their belongings shipped here.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
British Prime Minister Johnson out of intensive care as his condition improves
Boris Johnson remains in a hospital and is receiving close monitoring as he tries to recover from COVID-19.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
With some employees furloughed, New Balance focuses on making face masks
Furloughed employees to continue to get health benefit while 150 in Norridgewock and Lawrence, Massachusetts, factories expected to produce 100,000 masks weekly by mid-April.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Gov. Cuomo says virus killed a ‘breathtaking’ 799 New Yorkers in a single day
But even as the death toll grows to more than 7,000, New York hospitals hope the fever is breaking.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Democrats stall Trump’s $250 billion aid package over protection for some businesses, state governments
Democrats are demanding protections for minority-owned businesses and money for health care providers and state and local governments.