The policy applies to shows starting next month at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center.
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Montana only state to ban vaccine requirements for employees
The law has raised concern among employers across the state as Montana struggles with a rise in COVID-19 cases that is once again straining the state’s health care system.
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Texas Lt. Gov. falsely says Black people are driving COVID surge in Texas
While vaccination rates are low among Black Texans, the highest coronavirus case rates are among Whites and Hispanics, who make up 34.9% and 35.8% of the state’s cases respectively.
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Positive test rate for COVID-19 increases as Maine reports another 185 cases
Transmission remains high throughout much of the state and country.
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MaineHealth says it will fire workers who don’t get vaccinated
The state’s largest health care provider and other hospitals say they will terminate employees who don’t comply with the state mandate to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1.
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Gulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now a COVID-19 hot spot
Health officials believe the rampant spread of the virus is due to a combination of some of the nation’s lowest vaccination rates, unabated tourism, a disregard for basic health precautions and the region’s carefree lifestyle.
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Record delta wave hits kids, raises fear as U.S. schools open
Just as schools are reopening across the U.S., children are filling hospital beds instead of classrooms in record numbers, sick with COVID-19.
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COVID-19 patient counts keep climbing in Maine hospitals
As many people are in intensive care now as during last winter’s surge, with the delta variant pushing unvaccinated people into hospitals.
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Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
Landlords are fuming over the decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a new eviction moratorium lasting until Oct. 3.
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Sen. King tests positive for COVID-19, quarantines at home
The senator’s office said Angus King tested positive in Maine, a day after he began feeling feverish.