LATEST CORONAVIRUS NEWS
State: College, pro sports teams may use their leagues’ COVID-19 guidelines
Maine’s community sports guidance is intended for high school sports and other youth and community activities, but that those protocols do not apply to pro and college sports.
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POLITICAL RESPONSE
Trump again pushes trade and economy in Maine as coronavirus dominates race with Biden
President Donald Trump is banking on trade policy, defense and the economy in the last two weeks of his fight to retain Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, testing whether his message has the same resonance amid the coronavirus pandemic as it did four years ago.
GOP longshot in Maine’s 1st District questions mask use in debate with Chellie Pingree
The two faced off in a virtual Tuesday debate hosted by Portland CBS affiliate WGME and the Bangor Daily News in the second meeting between the candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
2021 will bring another Maine budget fight on taxes and spending
The coronavirus-induced economic slowdown will dominate Maine politics next year as the state faces a projected $1.4 billion revenue shortfall over three budget years.
CORONAVIRUS OPINIONS
Congress must deliver COVID-19 relief
We are a nation adrift in a sea of suffering, with no end in sight.
Trump and Pence show they don’t care about your health
They might care about the one electoral vote from Maine’s 2nd District, but Mike Pence showed this week he doesn’t actually care about the people of the state.
MORE CORONAVIRUS NEWS
Even amid rural virus outbreak, Brooks remains as divided as America on pandemic protocol
Lots of people in Waldo County have said it’s felt like a place where following CDC guidelines is optional.
42 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Maine
No new deaths were reported Thursday, leaving the statewide death toll at 146.
A Bangor Halloween destination is telling trick-or-treaters to stay away
This year the majority of Maple Street residents are asking the hordes of trick-or-treaters who descend on the neighborhood to please, just this year, stay away.
Waldo County coronavirus outbreak increases to 46 cases
That’s an increase from 42 cases reported on Tuesday and 32 on Monday associated with Brooks Pentecostal Church and its school, Lighthouse Christian Academy.
Stimulus talks inch forward in Congress as Maine’s senators split on blocked GOP package
Senate Democrats blocked a Senate GOP plan that Mitch McConnell brought to a vote Wednesday.
50 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Maine
It’s the highest single-day increase in nearly a month.
Families of those who died in Mass. veterans home outbreak speak to lawmakers
Nearly 80 veterans died during the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.
Pandemic World Series draws smallest crowd in more than a century
It was the smallest Series crowd since 10,535 attended Game 6 in 1909 between the Tigers and Pittsburgh at Detroit’s Bennett Park.
Enrollment at Maine community colleges sees sharp decline due to COVID-19
Maine’s community colleges saw an 8 percent decline in enrollment this fall, while the number of students attending the state’s public universities stayed roughly the same.
Waldo County, home to 3 percent of Maine, has seen a 5th of virus cases over past week
Waldo County finds itself back in a position it hasn’t been in since April as it contends with a COVID-19 outbreak of at least 42 cases linked to a church in Brooks.
As virus spreads in rural Waldo County, residents say it could’ve been prevented
Many Waldo County residents are alarmed by the spike in numbers.
Coronavirus case forces 3 Ellsworth schools to close for a day
Three Ellsworth schools and the city’s adult education program will close for a day due to a positive COVID-19 test with an individual associated with them.
MPA and state agencies discussing potential Maine winter sports season
When and how that season — normally highlighted by the rite of Maine winter, the high school basketball tournament — takes shape is still in the talking stages.
Maine CDC coronavirus press conference, Oct. 20
Gov. Janet Mills, Jeanne Lambrew and Nirav Shah give an update on the coronavirus in Maine during a press conference on Oct. 20, 2020.
42 cases now linked to outbreak at Brooks church as virus spreads to residential care facility
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that positive coronavirus cases at several Waldo County schools and a Searsport assisted-living facility are connected to the outbreak that began at the Brooks Pentecostal Church.
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