‘If those people get sick, someone needs to step in to take over the operations,’ said Richard Kersbergen, extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. ‘Dairy farming doesn’t just stop.’
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The Virus Diaries: Daughters can visit with mom only through a windowpane
Their 95-year-old mother lives in an assisted-living center that has restricted visitors because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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State orders insurers to continue health coverage for displaced workers
The order applies only when an employer wants to keep offering health insurance to workers who have been laid off or furloughed.
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Dreaming of lottery riches? Coronavirus could cut jackpots
The group that oversees the Powerball game announced Wednesday night that it would cut minimum jackpots in half, from $40 million to $20 million as sales diminish.
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Maine congressional race turns hot after Trump scorches an Eric Brakey ally
Adrienne Bennett and Dale Crafts, challenging Brakey in Maine congressional primary, tie him to a Republican congressman Trump said should be thrown out of the GOP.
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Maine sail-maintenance shop turns to sewing medical masks
The North Sails workshop in South Freeport has started making masks for caregivers who need protection from the coronavirus.
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High disaster loan demand prompts SBA to remove how-to videos
AUGUSTA — The U.S. Small Business Administration is experiencing so much traffic on its website from disaster loan applicants it has revised the application process and pulled a video that walked applicants through the process. SBA officials announced Friday, one day after Mine announced the video through its Small Business Development Centers, that because of […]
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Coronavirus claims state’s first fatality as case count rises
The victim was a Cumberland County man in his 80s. The number of cases has grown to 168.
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Maine unemployment stood at 3.2% in February
The state’s unemployment rate is expected to increase dramatically in March as a result of mass layoffs tied to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Portland clinic to resume services, after 2-week closure for quarantine
The India Street Public Health Center, which provides a needle exchange and other services, closed after staffers were exposed to a person with COVID-19.