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Maine Voices: Fellow Mainers, enjoy vacation in June in your own backyard
Help local businesses weather the pandemic and check items off your ‘bucket list’ at the same time.
Our View: Numbers show COVID-19 is still circulating
Mainers must continue to follow guidelines in order to keep the virus at bay.
Maine Voices: Now is the time to start preparing for schools to reopen in the fall
Both K-12 and post-secondary institutions should develop screening, sanitizing, testing and technology strategies.
Commentary: Housing will end homelessness, protect people from COVID-19
Federal aid can create permanent homes, provide support services and keep Mainers out of the places where they get infected.
Our View: Maine haircuts attract quarantine breakers
The word is out in COVID hot spots that we’ve loosened our rules on barbers and stylists.
Commentary: How we ‘recovered’ from the Spanish flu should be a warning
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Our View: Risks of COVID-19 don’t fall the same on everyone
Low-income workers, particularly those deemed essential, have borne the brunt of the outbreak, and that will likely continue as businesses reopen.
George Smith: Getting outdoors more important than ever
Spend the summer outside, for your sake and the sake of Maine businesses.
Maine Voices: What can the U.S. learn from Sweden’s coronavirus response?
Sweden’s much-touted relaxed approach has been enabled by progressive social policies, says a Maine native who now teaches in the Nordic country.