March 2020 – Page 165 – The Portland Press Herald

Small businesses ask Gov. Mills for financial relief amid crisis

by Peter McGuire March 16, 2020March 16, 2020

Restaurants, bars and breweries are among companies asking the governor to consider more steps to help the state’s hard-hit service industries.

Coastal Journal, The Forecaster

Bath-Brunswick-area closes town facilities, schools, meetings, in wake of coronavirus

by Alex Lear March 16, 2020March 18, 2020

The decisions come as 30 Mainers are confirmed as having COVID-19, and 13 have tested positive but require validation.

Northern Forecaster

Two Oceanview residents test positive for COVID-19 in Falmouth

by Alex Lear March 16, 2020March 17, 2020

Sweeping closures are taking place at public facilities in communities north of Portland, where towns are shuttering schools, libraries and community centers.

American Journal

Gorham taking coronavirus plan ‘day by day’

by Robert Lowell March 16, 2020March 18, 2020

In Buxton, students are offered meals-to-go as schools and municipal facilities shut down in wake of the pandemic.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Face the Music: For Pete Kilpatrick, the show will go online

by Aimsel Ponti March 16, 2020March 26, 2020

The singer-songwriter plans to live stream a performance from his Brunswick home on Saturday.

Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies

Operation Hope closed for at least two weeks

March 16, 2020

Being located inside a Police Department, we have been carefully monitoring and weighing the best approaches to serving our citizens while also protecting the health of our Public Safety workers. Sadly, we have decided that the safest and most responsible thing we can do is to close Operation HOPE effective today, Monday, March 16, for […]

Local & State, News

Maine now has 17 confirmed and likely cases of coronavirus

by Kevin Miller March 16, 2020March 17, 2020

Cumberland County has ‘community spread,’ with a Mercy Hospital employee and a Cape Elizabeth middle schooler among those infected, while Portland and Bangor impose curfews and L.L Bean joins the retailers shutting their doors.