WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has reported two new cases of the coronavirus as a trickle of infected people continue to arrive at the border. The country of 5 million people now has nine active cases after having none at all earlier this month. Health officials said Monday that all those cases involve people […]
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Posted inFood, Recipes, Restaurant reviews
Dine In Maine: Dinner Plus One explores restaurant-grocer hybrids, beginning at Local 188
Order a prepared meal for one night and pick up the ingredients for a second for the next.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Virus contributes to outbreak of consumer debt in Maine
With jobs lost and bills piling up, many Mainers face mounting household debt triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine schools will need money to reopen
Cleaning, transportation and schedule changes will add costs to already-stretched local budgets it Congress doesn’t act.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine has nation’s worst COVID-19 racial disparity
No other state has such a wide gap – more than 25 percentage points – between the size of the Black population and that community’s share of infections.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Masks may be required in Maine, but the rules are rarely enforced
A growing body of research suggests universal mask-wearing in public could dramatically reduce the spread of coronavirus. Getting people to comply is another matter.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Travel basketball is back, but is it too soon to play games?
More than 70 youth teams are playing in Maine this weekend, but some experts wonder if there should be a slower approach to resuming sports during the pandemic.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
More Mainers opt for state park campgrounds this year
Reservations by Maine residents are up by 37 percent during the summer of coronavirus, in what may become a record year for camping at the state’s parks.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Review confirms early coronavirus test kits were contaminated
The Department of Health and Human Services says there was ‘time pressure’ at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch testing, and ‘lab practices that may have been insufficient to prevent the risk of contamination.’
Posted inSports
As athletes return to campus, what are they signing up for?
Athletes are being asked by many schools to sign paperwork as they return to campus for workouts during the pandemic.