The Lisbon School Committee voted Thursday to move students in PreK to grade 8 to full in-person learning starting Feb. 22 and agreed to keep Lisbon High School in the current mix of in-person and remote learning until March 1.
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Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen
Detecting variants and knowing where and how widely they are spreading could be critical to preventing another deadly wave of COVID-19.
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Scarborough Downs vaccine center off to a smooth start
The center can administer up to 2,000 vaccines per day to older Mainers in Cumberland County.
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Scarborough Fire Department finishes first round of COVID-19 vaccines for local first responders
The department covers one-third of Cumberland County first responders, but could not break down by community how many police, 911 operators and fire/EMS personnel have received the vaccine.
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U.S. jobless claims jump to 861,000 as layoffs stay high
The number is painfully high but fraudulent claims may be pushing up the totals.
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Catholic Bishop Deeley says state’s new gathering size limit for churches is ‘unacceptable’
A spokeswoman for Gov. Janet Mills defends the recent updates to capacity limits after the bishop of the Portland Diocese says they will have little impact on most Catholic churches in Maine.
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Maine set to receive 14% increase in vaccine doses next week
The 218 new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday represented a slight uptick over previous days, but the seven-day average is about half what it was 2 weeks ago.
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The Latest: Biden rolling out plan for $4 billion global vaccine effort
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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U.S. life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
The last time life expectancy at birth dropped more dramatically was during World War II.
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As COVID-19 vaccinations rise, new cases decline in Maine, but connection unclear
Dr. Nirav Shah of the Maine CDC says ‘one hypothesis’ is that vaccines and immunity acquired through exposure to the disease are combining to suppress the virus.