coronavirus in maine

On Memorial Day, seasonal business owners and Mainers were unsure what summer would bring and a strict out-of-state visitor quarantine on all travelers had kept a lot of the usual holiday weekend visitors away.  That was then.  As the Fourth of the July weekend kicked off on Friday, many more cars were visible on the Maine turnpike and a traffic...

While many parades and fireworks displays planned for Saturday were cancelled, at least a couple Maine towns, including Lubec and Jackman, had planned to go ahead with parades and ceremonies.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday announced that restaurants in three counties would be allowed to offer indoor dining services later this week, after being delayed due to higher numbers of coronavirus cases than other areas. Restaurants in York, Cumberland and Androscoggin counties can begin serving diners inside beginning Wednesday, Mills said, joining restaurants in other counties that were able…

While bars and tasting rooms are starting to reopen in rural Maine, the tourist-reliant area of Portland is still closed due to the high number of coronavirus cases, causing controversy among business owners.

“Odd” and “disconcerting” were words some people in Maine are using to describe this weekend’s unofficial kickoff to summer.  Memorial Day weekend is traditionally a time for traffic, crowds and lines at seafood takeout joints in the Pine Tree State.  But this year, because of COVID-19, cancelled parades and a 14-day quarantine for out-of-state visitors, crowds were virtually non-existent. ...

Memorial Day weekend is traditionally a time for traffic, crowds and lines at seafood takeout joints in the Pine Tree State. But this year, because of COVID-19, cancelled parades and a 14-day quarantine for out-of-state visitors, crowds were virtually non-existent.

The Maine Department of Labor announced the roll out of a new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program on Thursday. The new program, which launches Friday at 8 a.m., provides eligibility to workers not typically covered by unemployment insurance, Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman said. Those who are self-employed or do not have enough earnings to qualify for state unemployment insurance and people…

Company executive John Plansky discusses reopening State Street.

Former Republican Gov. Paul LePage isn’t cutting his Democratic successor any slack as she deals with a global pandemic that has killed more than 50 Mainers and tens of thousands across the country. LePage told a conservative radio show host on Wednesday that Gov. Janet Mills “ought to resign” over her plan for reopening the state’s economy. He also...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday the extension of the state’s stay-at-home order to May 31 as well as her administration’s plan to gradually reopen the economy.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters is reopening Monday after a coronavirus exposure briefly shuttered the headquarters of the agency responsible for leading the state response to the pandemic. The Maine CDC building was closed over the weekend for cleaning and disinfecting after officials learned that an outside vendor with the virus had entered the building....

The number of people with confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Maine passed the 1,000 mark on Sunday with 25 new cases, bringing the total to 1,015, the state Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported in its daily update. The number of deaths from the disease in Maine remained unchanged at 50, the agency said. Also, 532 people have…

As of Friday, 47 people have died from coronavirus in Maine, an increase of three deaths since Thursday, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Nirav Shah said at a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic Friday.  In the past two days, seven people at long-term care facilities have died from COVID-19, Shah said. Overall, 25 of the total…

Summer camp operators in Maine are keeping a close eye on COVID-19 to see if they will be albe to open. Some camps, however, have already made the decision to not open.

Gov. Janet Mills outlined her plan for a “cautious reopening” of Maine’s economy on Thursday afternoon. “We all want life to return to normal as soon as it is safe to do so. Our hearts break to see closed storefronts and people struggling to make ends meet because of this crisis,” Mills said. “At the same time, we all...

The number of homicide trials delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic has grown to eight in Maine. The delays suggest an impending backlog; only one of the trials has been rescheduled so far, the Bangor Daily News reports. The U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a speedy trial, but Maine law doesn’t define the length of time a trial may...

There are growing concerns that the White House and Maine aren’t on the same page about reopening, given the state’s capacity for testing.

We have a lovely performance that breaks through social distance barriers today, and a look at how a Maine cheesemaker created a great resource for people to find local products.

One more Maine resident has died from the coronavirus, bringing the state’s total to 35, Maine Center for Disease Control Director Nirav Shah said on Monday. The new death is a woman in her 70s from Waldo County. The number of Maine residents who have tested positive for coronavirus is now at 875 as of Monday, an increase of eight…