City Manager Scott Morelli appeals to residents to comply with 6-foot distancing or lose access to Bug Light Park, Willard Beach and Hinckley Park.
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Posted inTimes Record, Uncategorized
Virus closures move Midcoast museums online
Anne Goodyear, co-director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, said the museum’s over 20,000 items are now available on the “visit from home” page on its website.
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Harpswell hotel owners brace for local, state short-term rental restrictions
Harpswell has a year-round population of just under 5,000, according to the U.S. Census, but a 2013 Harpswell economic development plan estimates the town’s population doubles in summer months.
Posted inTimes Record
BIW requires workers to wear face masks, over union objections
Chris Wiers, president of Machinists Union Local S6, he’s concerned homemade masks made of cotton and other flammable materials are a severe safety risk.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath woman remembers quarantining to avoid polio
Although 76 years have passed and the United States has left polio in the past, Jones finds herself in a hauntingly familiar situation.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford volunteer making, donating masks
Jessica Johnson’s mother told her do good and that’s what she’s doing.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Chebeague Island ferry won’t transport suspected COVID-19 patients
The island town’s primary ferry responds to emergency calls but says it won’t transport anyone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Kennebunkport suspends adjustment of property values
Pandemic prompts decision.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Kennebunkport issues Travel Advisory Order, recommending hoteliers, others defer bookings
Selectmen also advise owners of seasonal dwellings to stay at their primary residence.
Posted inCoastal Journal
Sande’s Picks: Innovative growers and retailers step up in response to virus
Access to and the safety of healthy food is becoming more challenging during the pandemic, but fortunately, growers and purveyors are becoming more creative. Farmers are still growing in winter houses, chickens are still laying, fishermen are still fishing and summer seeds are being planted. Consumer Supported Agriculture shares are even available now for the […]