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Published
May 20, 2021

Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies

An abrupt relaxation of rules has left retailers, grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals and other employers scrambling to decide whether and how to adjust their own policies.
Published
May 20, 2021

What are Americans making for dinner? Reservations.

In some states, restaurant traffic has blown by pre-pandemic levels, prompting industry experts to draw parallels between now and the Roaring '20s, which followed the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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May 20, 2021

As Maine closes mass vaccination sites, governor drops mask mandate for nearly everyone

Gov. Janet Mills' executive order repeals the mask mandate as of May 24 for all residents, whether they are vaccinated or not, except children 5 and older who are in school or day care.
Published
May 20, 2021

U.S. jobless claims fall to new pandemic low as some states end federal aid

With the economy rebounding, 22 states, from Texas and Georgia to Ohio and Iowa, plan to begin blocking a $300-a-week federal payment for the unemployed starting in June.
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May 20, 2021

Lives lost: Arthur Mitchell, longtime industrial arts teacher and renowned craftsman

The 86-year-old Temple resident is among only 4 Mainers to die from COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated. He was buried on his family's property in a casket he designed and built.

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Published
May 20, 2021

YouTube removes channel of major seller of vaccine disinformation

Ty and Charlene Bollinger's Truth About Vaccines channel had about 75,000 subscribers but some of its videos had a much broader reach, including one featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that had over 1.5 million views.
Published
May 19, 2021

Androscoggin commissioners reject Isaiah Lary’s ‘health freedom’ proposal

Citing no evidence of requiring vaccinations for employment, a notion reinforced by county leaders, some of Lary's colleagues called the move grandstanding and one saying he was "looking for a fight when there is no fight."
Published
May 19, 2021

More than 20,000 Lewiston residents have yet to get their COVID-19 vaccine

New data published by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention this week showed that less than 60% of Lewiston residents of all ages have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. More than 20,000 residents are unvaccinated.
Published
May 19, 2021

‘City in transition’: New York begins to turn page on pandemic

Starting Wednesday, vaccinated New Yorkers could shed their masks in most situations, and restaurants, stores, gyms and many other businesses could go back to full capacity.
Published
May 19, 2021

Westbrook police hope to add mental health liaison to the force

Chief Sean Lally said the number of mental health calls police respond to has grown during the pandemic.