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Published
March 27, 2020

Maine Acts of Kindness: Taking care of those on the front line of the pandemic

Three Portland restaurants are part of an effort that delivers free meals to health care workers – and assists the struggling restaurants as well.
Published
March 27, 2020

Eviction courts are closed, but Mainers are still losing housing

Courts are still issuing orders stemming from previous eviction cases, landlords are notifying residents that leases won't be renewed, and some rental homes are being put up for sale.
Published
March 27, 2020

Maine Voices: Paging Dr. Koop – we need his science-based advocacy during today’s crisis

The U.S. must hear from a health care expert who commands the nation's respect, as the surgeon general did in the AIDS epidemic.
Published
March 27, 2020

MaineHousing director: No one should lose their home because of COVID-19

Lenders and landlords should work with newly jobless borrowers and tenants on payment plans that will keep the roof over their heads.
Published
March 27, 2020

Commentary: Government should take realistic approach to COVID-19 crisis response

Transferring command over resources from those who saved to those who didn't risks causing people to save too little going forward.

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Published
March 26, 2020

U.S. death toll, sixth globally, surpasses 1,000

New patterns have emerged: Most who died were older than 70, but the disease is also hospitalizing and killing younger Americans. Most victims have been men, most had underlying conditions, and the toll is highest in New York.
Published
March 26, 2020

SMCC professor creates device to help with shortage of ventilators

Dan Abbott, who teaches architectural and engineering design, says the splitter could allow multiple patients to use the same ventilator.
Published
March 26, 2020

Child care teacher gets surprise send-off as she starts pre-adoption isolation

Nearly 30 families stage a celebration – from a safe distance – for Kaytee Gibbon, who's preparing to adopt a baby this spring.
Published
March 26, 2020

The Virus Diaries: ‘There’s no real bailouts for us’

A Portland woman who runs a small hair-cutting salon worries about the loss of income since she had to close her shop.
Published
March 26, 2020

Waterville council votes to disband COVID-19 panel

The City Council on Thursday also voted to allow the mayor, or the council chairman, in the absence of the mayor, to call council meetings with 24-hour notice.