As the number of deaths worldwide passed 24,000, the damage to people’s livelihoods and their well-being from the effort to flatten the rising curve started to come into focus.
March 2020
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Hampden Academy’s Lausier named Gatorade player of the year
Bryce Lausier, a 6-foot-4 guard, was previously chosen as Mr. Maine Basketball.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Maine closing 10 state parks and beaches to stem tide of coronavirus
The closures, effective Friday, include Reid State Park, Popham Beach State Park, Two Lights State Park, Crescent Beach State Park and Scarborough Beach.
Posted inTimes Record
‘The beauty of our love for her:’ Brunswick woman celebrates 100th birthday amid coronavirus pandemic
When plans for Orean Dionne’s, or MeMee’s, 100th birthday came to a screeching halt, her family found a different way to celebrate
Posted inTimes Record
Mid Coast Hospital treating 4 patients for coronavirus
A Mid Coast Hospital official confirmed Thursday there are nine patients in the community who have COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Posted inBusiness, News, Times Record
BIW extends unpaid leave as worker attendance remains low
While the shipyard hasn’t halted production, despite calls to do so from union leaders and politicians, BIW leadership extended its unpaid leave offer to employees through April 10.
Posted inSports
Globetrotters great Curly Neal dies at 77
Fred ‘Curly’ Neal, an iconic member of the Harlem Globetrotters from 1963-85, died Thursday.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’
Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine’s 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
Posted inNation & World
Israel takes step toward emergency government as Gantz is elected parliament speaker
The surprise move signals a possible deal for a power-sharing government in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine CDC gives top testing priority to long-term care residents
Gov. Janet Mills also offers ‘extraordinary’ MaineCare funding to help nursing facilities meet the costs of the coronavirus threat.