Residents of Chebeague are accustomed to planning ahead and pulling together, but they are at the very end of critical supply chains.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Virus testing failure has consequences
Maine’s economy and the nation’s will take a beating because we didn’t prepare for this outbreak.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Market crash could be silver lining in coronavirus response
If wealthy people weren’t seeing their stocks lose value, we might still be downplaying the pandemic risk.
Posted inNation & World
Analysis: Why Trump isn’t getting the payroll-tax cut he wanted for the coronavirus
It’s super expensive, for one thing.
Posted inPolitics
Georgia becomes second state to postpone primaries over virus
On Friday, Louisiana became the first state to postpone its presidential primaries due to the virus.
Posted inLocal & State
Brisk business, but little panic, at supermarket in Portland
There was a shortage of paper supplies and cough medicine, but shoppers stayed mostly upbeat Saturday following the first diagnoses of coronavirus in Maine.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine CDC reports three new likely coronavirus cases
It says the state now has three presumptive positive tests and three preliminary presumptive positive tests under review.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine Medical Center restricts visits amid coronavirus outbreak
The state’s largest hospital limits visitors to one per patient and will screen all visitors for sickness at the main entrance.
Posted inNation & World
‘He’s an inmate’: Anguish mounts over virus-hit nursing home
Seniors and their loved ones face a grim reality as the coronavirus spreads around the country and enters other assisted living facilities, where residents are especially at risk.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Americans brace for new life of no school and growing dread
Tens of millions of students nationwide have been sent home from school amid a wave of closings, leaving parents scrambling.