Maine’s governor announces an executive order that allows people to return used needles and get clean ones on an as-needed basis, rather than the traditional one-to-one exchange.
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Deserted icons: No College World Series hits Omaha hard
The economic impact of the tournament has been estimated at $74 million per year. This year, it’s not happening.
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Two more Mainers die of coronavirus, including 1 at Scarborough veterans home
The Maine CDC says 30 more people statewide have been infected with COVID-19, among them six staff members and three residents of the Scarborough facility.
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Tens of thousands of Maine households still without power
Central Maine Power, the state’s leading utility, says the vast majority of customers will have service by Sunday night.
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Downeaster to suspend service temporarily starting Monday
The rail service, which had already been curtailed because of the coronavirus, will halt service until April 30.
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The Latest: IRS deposits first economic support payments
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus briefly overtook Italy’s for the highest in the world Saturday, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: Midcoast Maine toilet paper magnate hasn’t let new status go to his head
After all, he still needs the Almost Perfect Woman to point out the crumbs that he’s missed while vacuuming.
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Commentary: By sounding alarm about COVID, Navy captain put crew ahead of career
Brett Crozier followed the evidence and acted rationally out of concern for the lives of his sailors, a fellow Naval Academy graduate says.
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Mainers have questions. Statewide help line aims to give them answers.
Maine’s toll-free 211 referral line has had its call volume surge amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Maine Voices: Novel coronavirus raises novel legal issues
Congress should enact and the president sign legislation barring interstate travel until the CDC director declares that the public health emergency is over.