Even a disease outbreak doesn’t excuse a municipality’s violation of the state’s public meeting law.
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The Wrap: The Garrison in Yarmouth is closing for now
The Garrison ends its take-out experiment, and Midcoast residents get mobile seafood delivery.
Maine Compass: Congress must support nonprofits during outbreak
America’s nonprofit sector and the people it aids face a dangerous decline in mission-based services — just when our community relies on these services more than ever.
Brunswick adopts civil state of emergency, effective shelter-in-place order
Under the new rules, all stores or businesses outside of a list of 27 ‘essential’ industries, must close. The order lasts for 7 days, after which it’s expected to be renewed.
Arts groups quickly get shows up online, but surviving the shutdown will be more difficult
Two relief funds have been set up for individual artists, while organizations grapple with a loss of ticket sales.
Demand grows for homemade medical masks, but CDC has reservations
Central Maine Medical Center says it welcomes donations of homemade masks; St. Mary’s says professional-grade donations only, please.