With the tourist season looming, businesses must weigh their bottom lines against the spread of COVID-19.
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Bill Nemitz: Saving lives and paying the bills, one gown at a time
Her day jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Buxton woman sees a need and seizes an opportunity.
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster
SoPo school board nixes grading change at high school
Members voted 5-2 to kill a measure to forego the standard grading system during semester 2 to account for learning difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic, while the public voiced its opposition and criticized how the district handled the issue.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Government and union officials plead for financial aid for local governments
Municipalities and states face billions of dollars in revenue shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Fort Williams re-opens with coronavirus restrictions in place
Visitors are welcome on foot and on bicycles, but no vehicle traffic is allowed for the time being.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Mills postpones second-quarter tax-payment deadline to July 15
The move will allow those who pay estimated taxes on their income to delay those payments for a month.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Fishermen getting desperate as $300 million federal bailout stalls
Frustration is mounting among Maine fishermen and lawmakers over the aid, which was approved in March but still hasn’t been distributed.
Posted inLocal & State
Portland poultry plant to be idled 3 days because of COVID-19 outbreak
Tyson Foods, which has had 10 confirmed cases, will clean the facility over the weekend while awaiting employee test results.
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Bill Nemitz: Cutting through the thicket between want and need
As Maine partially reopens its economy today, each of us still must decide when, and how, to re-engage.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, New England, News
Sewage may tell us when the coronavirus lockdown will end
Americans might find the idea gross, but wastewater early-warning systems have helped catch norovirus, Hepatitis A and other diseases around the world for decades.