Of the 23 new cases reported by the Maine CDC on Wednesday, 14 were in York County, which is dealing with several active outbreaks.
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Maine Voices: Schools are learning from COVID’s challenges
Distance learning can be effective if educators take steps to fill in what’s lost by not gathering in person.
Maine Voices: Hospitality, tourism businesses have been heroes in COVID crisis
They have helped many small businesses weather the pandemic while keeping themselves and customers safe.
The View From Here: A tale of two sandwich shops
Politics, not public health, drives how people respond to the COVID crisis and yields predictable results.
Our View: Eviction delay no solution to housing crisis
Tenants and landlords will both get in deeper trouble if Congress does not pass rental subsidies.
Third death linked to Millinocket wedding as Maine reports 19 new COVID-19 cases
The Aug. 7 wedding and reception has been linked to 147 virus cases and outbreaks at the York County Jail and a nursing home in Madison.
Maine CDC reports 24 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths
Maine’s seven-day average of 27 new cases daily is higher than in early August, due in part to an outbreak of more than 130 cases linked to a Millinocket wedding and reception.
Maine Voices: Teachers aren’t to blame for COVID reopening confusion
Once again, a failure to deal with a social problem is dumped on the schools to fix.
Our View: Mainers should plan for a COVID winter
As the temperatures drop, we will all need to take special care to keep each other safe.
UNE investigating party tied to 3 cases of COVID-19
One student tested negative before returning to campus, then got the results of a positive test after attending the off-campus party last week.