Before the global pandemic, home sales activity in the state had been on track for another record-breaking year.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress enters the fight on COVID-19
But the largest aid package in history will probably not be enough to offset the economic damage caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine company taking orders for masks and COVID-19 tests as its founder faces fraud charges
Noble Medical Supply is taking orders from hospitals and firefighters for millions of masks while its founder and CEO is under criminal indictment on charges of securities fraud and theft by deception.
Posted inLocal & State, News
The Virus Diaries: Expecting a baby during the pandemic
A Searsmont couple’s baby could come any day, and the father hopes coronavirus restrictions won’t keep him out of the delivery room.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: I’m an ER doctor ready to save your life. Keep me safe – stay home
If more health care providers get sick, we may come to a point where we simply do not have enough staff to care for patients.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
MOFGA director: No Maine farm should go out of business during this pandemic
We need local, sustainable agriculture more than ever. Here’s how to make that happen.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Acadia National Park shutting down amid coronavirus outbreak
The park, one of the nation’s most popular, will stay closed indefinitely.
Posted inNation & World
Rural America watches with worry as pandemic erupts in cities
Residents from the woods of Vermont to the frozen reaches of Alaska fear the spread of the disease from outsiders.
Posted inNation & World
New York mobilizes against virus; Trump urges action on aid
The worldwide the death toll climbs past 20,000, while the number of dead in the U.S. tops 900, with more than 60,000 infections.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine colleges, Nation & World, Sports
Jack Allard, former Bates All-American battling COVID-19, moves closer to experimental treatment
The 25-year-old Bates College graduate has been cleared to receive an experimental drug but remains in a coma and on a ventilator.