Maine’s new bail law may ease the crunch for struggling county jails

COVID-19 pandemic

Published
October 8, 2021

Maine’s new bail law may ease the crunch for struggling county jails

The sponsors of a new law that ends cash bail requirements for most minor charges say people who are not a danger to the public shouldn't be stuck in county jails just because they're too poor to pay bail.
Published
October 7, 2021

Q&A: Why are breakthrough COVID cases rising in Maine? And what is the latest on booster shots?

This Q&A looks at the breakthrough cases, what is behind the numbers and how booster shots fit into this latest chapter of the pandemic
Published
October 6, 2021

Pittsfield Town Council votes to return to in-person meetings, with no distancing or mask requirements

Vote was 5-2 to return, with Mayor Heather Donahue and Deputy Mayor Tim Nichols voting in opposition.
Published
September 22, 2021

Some of the lives lost to COVID-19 in Maine

A 40-year-old BIW worker. A trail-blazing grandmother. A former Afghan general. Here are vignettes of 10 Mainers who died battling the coronavirus.
Published
September 22, 2021

COVID-19 exacts a painful toll in Maine, shouldered largely by state’s eldest

Mainers 60 or older account for more than 91 percent of the state's 1,000-plus deaths.
Published
September 9, 2021

Federal vaccination requirement will apply to about 1 in 3 Maine workers

About 170,000 Mainers work for companies with more than 100 employees and will be required to be inoculated or take weekly tests.
Published
September 7, 2021

Portland health officials recommend that city restore indoor mask mandate

Portland would become Maine's first municipality to revive a requirement that people wear masks in public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status.
Published
September 2, 2021

Nurses overwhelmed by COVID surge call on Mainers to get vaccinated and wear masks

Health care workers are tired and frustrated as the pandemic carries on, and they're urging the public to get vaccinated and take other precautions.
Published
August 25, 2021

Maine to distribute municipal COVID-19 relief funding soon

The Mills administration says the state has already received $59.6 million of more than $119 million in federal aid it is making available to counties, cities and towns.
Published
August 20, 2021

Abbott Laboratories disputes report that it told Maine workers to toss millions of COVID-19 tests

The company, which has plants in Westbrook and Scarborough, reportedly disposed of rapid antigen tests as cases declined and just before the delta variant created a huge new need for them.