The sap has been flowing for weeks in trees in maple country, but syrup sales may not be so swift, with restaurants and specialty food shops closed, sugaring events canceled and fans staying home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Read More
The New England Patriots private team plane is expected to return to Boston from China on Thursday carrying more than 1 million masks critical to health care providers fighting to control the spread of the coronavirus. Read More
More than 800 people with medical or public health backgrounds have volunteered their services since Maine began preparing for the novel coronavirus in January, especially in the weeks since the virus first appeared, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More
The nurses asked the hospital’s administration to provide N95 respirators for nurses treating suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients, among other demands. Read More
Tradition dictates that Democrats, as the party out of power, hold their convention first. Read More
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir of Caribou is scheduled to return to Earth on April 17 with fellow astronaut Andrew Morgan aboard the Soyuz MS-15 crew ship. Read More
The Maine Department of Labor’s phone system was down on Thursday and apparently at several other times this week as the coronavirus prompts record-setting unemployment filings and many report an inability to reach the state for help. Read More
It looked like any other early spring day in the city with people out and about, enjoying the rare sunshine. I couldn't reconcile my ears and eyes. The dire, deadly serious tone on the radio didn't match the carefree scene in front of me. Read More
The lack of a unified, 50-state response collides with evidence emerging that coronavirus infections are being spread by people who have no clear symptoms, complicating efforts to gain control of the pandemic. Read More
More Mainers filed for unemployment last week than in the record-setting previous week as the new coronavirus outbreak places the U.S. economy under immense stress. Read More
The baby arrived at the hospital unresponsive and tested positive postmortem for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, officials said. Read More
Staff at Calais Regional Hospital recently had to ask local paramedics to stick a breathing tube down the windpipe of a critically ill patient after a doctor was unable to perform the lifesaving task himself. Read More
“I could have gone back, but my parents prefer me to stay here." Read More
Although the Amish tend to eschew most aspects of the modern world, the coronavirus is one that can’t be ignored or avoided. Read More
Mainers preparing to give birth during a global pandemic are trying to take control of a situation that falls more out of their hands every day. Read More
Here is a roundup of today’s COVID-19 related news in Maine and New England. Read More
Officials announced Wednesday that Portland would temporarily close its city shelter to new individuals after two people tested positive for the coronavirus, while allowing more than 600 people on a waiting list at city shelters to remain eligible for city services. Read More
A Maine Department of Health and Human Services office in Lewiston is closing again after a second employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. Read More
A stage-4 ovarian cancer patient whose doctors have told her she probably has a year to live, Donna Wiegle should probably be staying at home during the pandemic. Read More
Gerald McLaughlin is charged with two counts of elevated aggravated assault, both Class A crimes, and one count of theft of a firearm, a Class B crime. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills asked President Donald Trump to issue a disaster declaration covering all of Maine’s 16 counties. Read More
Maine would join dozens of other states that have been granted a major disaster declaration as the number of confirmed cases of the virus continue to rise across the country. Read More
Maine has outpaced most other states in testing people for the new coronavirus, but the state is still seeing a sharp increase in hospitalizations as it remains a week or more behind harder-hit states in fighting the spread of the virus. Read More
Spectrum technicians setting up and fixing people’s internet, cable and phone connections are still going into people’s homes for routine matters, even as the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, said one Spectrum worker in Maine. Read More
