Essential services including curbside trash collection and fire and police services remain available.
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Credit card use fee suspended for Saco vehicle registrations
The action is temporary, while City Hall is closed.
Here’s how to see council meetings in Saco, OOB and Biddeford.
Municipal buildings are closed to the public, but business continues on.
OOB establishes assistance line
Residents may call for non emergency help.
BIW boosts shipyard sanitation amid coronavirus pandemic
According to the company’s website, cleaning efforts include washing the bathrooms and break rooms once a day, turnstiles, railings and doorknobs will be cleaned during all three shifts, and employees are encouraged to wash their hands frequently.
Topsham postponing town meeting a month
Topsham’s town manager said the plan is to move the May 20 town meeting to June 17 in order to try to get a budget passed before the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
Scarborough changes how it does business during pandemic
Council Chair Paul Johnson said that Scarborough will be moving to online meetings in the month of April.
Lights at dusk in Kennebunk to thank essential workers
Putting up window displays and lights in difficult times dates back to colonial days.
Sagadahock Real Estate offers Bath tenants rent relief amid coronavirus outbreak
John Morse IV, whose family owns Sagadahock Real Estate Association, said he hopes the reductions in rent help employers stay in business and prevents them from laying off employees.
Maine’s congressional delegation urges Navy to ease pressure on BIW to keep operating
The letter signed by Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden asks the Navy to apply the same standards to private shipyards such as BIW as it does to its 4 public shipyards.