Calvary Chapel Bangor is still suing the governor for pandemic restrictions on religious gatherings that haven’t been in effect for more than a year.
COVID-19 pandemic
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Antiviral pills help usher in new phase of COVID-19 pandemic
Paxlovid, which is currently available only for those at high risk, is effective at preventing hospitalizations if taken soon after infection.
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State, News
Three Maine restaurants emerge from a second winter of hardships with hope
Broken Arrow, Maine Street Steak & Oyster and Old Port Sea Grill take on a labor shortage and COVID surges during what’s always the slowest season with nothing to lean on but their will to survive.
Posted inFood & Dining
Quarantine Kitchen finds a recipe for success in homey comfort food and kind words
The feel-good Facebook group that a Maine chef started in March 2020 so the online community could share pantry-food dishes and recipes during the pandemic is still cooking on all burners.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: This year’s Maine Garden + Marketplace a scaled-back version of the usual show
Blame lingering impacts of the pandemic, and don’t look for display gardens. With luck, next year…
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Federal CDC lifts its masking recommendation for all of Maine
The federal agency is, however, still advising that people who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe illness wear a mask indoors.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
Mills administration to announce new guidelines for school masking on Wednesday
The state reports more indications of steep declines in COVID-19 in Maine, but state officials have yet to lift an indoor mask recommendation for schools.
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear oral arguments on Maine vaccine mandate
The decision was expected because the court twice rejected emergency applications to block the mandate last year.
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School mask mandates are going away in other states. Will Maine follow suit?
As some look forward to an end of mask mandates in Maine schools, hospital patient counts remain high and the state says more federal help is coming.
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Tap Lines: Early worries about the pandemic-era beerscape in Maine allayed by study
There’s been plenty of tough times, but by spring of 2021 there was a ‘broad sense of optimism,’ according to a new study by UMaine economists and the Maine Brewers’ Guild.