The closures, effective Friday, include Reid State Park, Popham Beach State Park, Two Lights State Park, Crescent Beach State Park and Scarborough Beach.
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BIW extends unpaid leave as worker attendance remains low
While the shipyard hasn’t halted production, despite calls to do so from union leaders and politicians, BIW leadership extended its unpaid leave offer to employees through April 10.
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Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’
Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine’s 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
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Massachusetts man says on radio he’s positive for coronavirus, quarantined in Somerset County
The Maine Center for Disease Control says the man’s case wouldn’t be counted for Somerset County, which remained at zero confirmed cases as of Thursday, because federal rules go by a person’s primary residence.
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World leaders vow to coordinate virus response in virtual G20 summit
‘We are at war with a virus – and not winning it,’ the head of the United Nations told leaders of the world’s 20 major industrialized nations.
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South Portland issues stay-at-home order
The order is similar to measures announced earlier this week by the governor and officials in Portland.
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If you don’t laugh, you cry: Coping with virus through humor
It may be a little awkward, but humor is helping people around the planet cope with the fear and anxiety the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed.
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The Virus Diaries: Family adjusts to new routines at home
Ben White and his wife, Melissa, are working from home during the coronavirus outbreak – and providing daily structure for their school-age girls.
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Maine elver fishery to open Monday following one-week delay
The state postponed the start of the fishery’s $20 million-a-year season because of coronavirus concerns.
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Canada tells U.S. not to put troops at border during pandemic
Few people cross into the border into the U.S. from Canada illegally. And COVID-19 cases are surging more in the U.S. than in Canada.