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Posted inLocal & State
Employee at Kennebec County District Attorney’s Office tests positive for coronavirus, DA says
Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said the Augusta office has been closed to the public out of ‘an abundance of precaution.’
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine Revenue Services restricts access to its offices
The agency responsible for Maine taxes is limiting public access at its offices.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster, Times Record
Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City group cancels celebration amid coronavirus threat
Some events planned for Cuba Week could be rescheduled for later this year.
Posted inTimes Record
Southern Midcoast cancellations and closures
The following events have been canceled or postponed, and the following offices and facilities have been closed, due to the coronavirus. Please check back here for more updates: Topsham TOPSHAM — The Town of Topsham Municipal Building is closed to the public through Friday, April 10. Durham DURHAM — The elections scheduled for April 3 […]
Posted inNation & World
Trump invokes emergency authority to expand nation’s virus testing capacity
As the president invokes the rarely used emergency powers and lays out steps to buoy the economy, markets plummet worldwide.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Advocates call for releasing some Maine inmates as jails, courts try to limit infections
The American Civil Liberties Union has urged governors in all 50 states to release inmates with less than a year left on their sentences.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Harpswell cancels most of Town Meeting, postpones budget decision
The town could operate at 2019 budget numbers until it has approved a new budget, if legislation being discussed in Augusta is approved.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Unemployment claims in Maine surpassed February’s total in just 3 days this week
Nearly 5,000 Mainers have claimed unemployment since Sunday, putting Maine on track to surpass the highest weekly total since the Great Recession.
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Treasury proposes to pay out $500 billion to Americans starting in April
Two sets of checks, with amounts depending on income and family size, are the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy amid the coronavirus epidemic.