Maine’s commissioner of education is recommending that schools across the state plan to continue to replace in-person classroom and group instruction with remote and distance learning programs for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. Pender Makin notified Maine school officials of her recommendation on Tuesday, saying she was basing her decision on guidance from […]
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Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine dies at 73 from coronavirus
Prine, who won a lifetime achievement Grammy and was called ‘The Mark Twain of American songwriting,’ had been hospitalized last month.
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Former Portland police chief infected with coronavirus
James Craig, now police chief in Detroit, goes public on the national news Tuesday evening.
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As health care shifts, so do health care employees
Primary care doctors are leaving their offices to work in hospitals and nurses are staffing screening tents as the entire industry adapts to the coronavirus.
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Maine doesn’t know how many COVID-19 patients are hospitalized
More than 3 weeks into the outbreak, the state doesn’t have complete, daily data from all hospitals.
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Safety net programs facing surge of applicants in Maine during pandemic
Requests for food stamps and other public assistance programs have nearly doubled since the middle of March.
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Maine Acts of Kindness: Effort to aid community casts a wide net
The Yarmouth Community Coronavirus Task Force helps keep residents informed and ensures vital services are maintained during the outbreak.
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Wisconsin voters wait hours at the few open polling stations
Milwaukee, the state’s largest city and home to the largest concentration of black voters, operated just five of its 180 polling places.
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South Portland says it will close 3 popular places if people don’t spread out
City Manager Scott Morelli appeals to residents to comply with 6-foot distancing or lose access to Bug Light Park, Willard Beach and Hinckley Park.
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Bowdoin College 3D printing face shields for healthcare workers on front lines of pandemic
According to the college, the emergency management team has also donated over 4,000 N95 masks, 480 pairs of safety glasses, 110 barrier gowns, 480 oral swabs and five boxes of exam table paper to Mid Coast Hospital.