Can we continue to ask them to wear so many hats, for pay that will not allow them to pursue education as a long-term career, with minimal support?
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Aid reaching disaster-hit Tonga brings first virus outbreak
For more than two years, the isolation of the Pacific archipelago nation of Tonga helped keep COVID-19 at bay
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Number of critical care patients with COVID-19 hits lowest point in Maine since November
Cases continue to rise in schools, however, and the state reported 18 more deaths Thursday, bringing the pandemic total to 1,777.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
To-go cocktails may stay awhile in Maine, but health advocates say not forever
Bars and restaurants say to-go alcohol sales have helped them weather the pandemic, but public health organizations say they shouldn’t continue indefinitely.
Posted inNation & World
Step by step, more nations ease coronavirus restrictions
The loosening of omicron’s grip in many places has given rise to hope that the outbreak is about to enter a new phase in which the virus will become, like the flu, a persistent but generally manageable threat that people can live with.
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Maine CDC ending contact tracing for COVID-19 during omicron wave
COVID-19 hospitalizations decreased again Wednesday and are down 21% since the January peak.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Give Maine teachers the time off they need
Public school employees are taking the brunt of the pandemic. The Legislature shouldn’t make it any worse.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Quality time with children – a pandemic trend that should stick around
Parents don’t have to take their kids out and spend money on them to give them undivided attention, a recently released survey shows.
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Canadian protesters’ crude behavior sparks outrage
The anti-vaxxers find little sympathy in a country where more than 80 percent are vaccinated.
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Portland council will consider whether to restore hazard pay for workers
A proposed amendment to the city’s mask mandate ordinance would put hazard pay back while the mask mandate remains in effect.