The pandemic has meant Rippleffect’s Cow Island is off limits, forcing the Portland-based organization to shift its programming.
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Maine’s vaccination plan lacks detail of other New England states’ plans
State health officials report 142 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 more deaths, continuing what has been a downward trend as attention shifts to vaccinations.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Maine Mariner honors healthcare workers with free tickets
PORTLAND — Nearly 200 healthcare workers and their family members will take in a Maine Mariners game for free next season as a thank you for their work throughout the coronavirus pandemic. For four days this February, fans visiting Mariners’ partner locations, including Jersey Mike’s, The Rink at Thompson’s Point, Nonesuch River Brewing and Portland […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Nation mourns 500,000 COVID deaths
Our worst disease outbreak in a century is still taking too many lives.
Posted inNation & World
First real-world vaccine data in U.K. show fewer infections, hospitalizations after first dose
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also outlined next steps in lifting the country’s third national lockdown.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden mourns 500,000 victims of pandemic, balancing nation’s grief and hope
A president whose life has been marked by family tragedy speaks in deeply personal terms as he tries to comfort the huge number of Americans whose lives have been forever changed.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
A Biden edge in COVID-19 bill: Democrats reluctant to wound him
Increasing minimum wage has provoked some division within the party, with a couple senators saying they may oppose the provision.
Posted inNation & World, News
Half a million dead in U.S., confirming virus’ tragic reach
The number lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. has topped 500,000 – a number so staggering that a top health researcher says it’s hard to imagine an American who hasn’t lost a relative or doesn’t know someone who died.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath elementary school removed from COVID outbreak list
Fisher Mitchell School in Bath was removed from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s list of active school COVID-19 outbreaks.
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The Latest: First real-world data in U.K. show fewer infections, hospitalizations after first dose
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.