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March 26, 2020

A new beat for police across US: Enforcing social distance

Police departments across the U.S. are taking a lead role in enforcing social distancing rules that health officials say are critical to containing COVID-19.
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March 26, 2020

MLB uniform maker switches to medical masks and gowns

Fanatics plans to produce items for hospitals in Pennsylvania and nearby states.
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March 26, 2020

Kennebec, Somerset counties reduce inmate populations to keep coronavirus out of jails

Kennebec County has been working with the district attorney's office to identify inmates with 30 days or fewer left on their sentences to be released early.
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March 26, 2020

Half-million infected worldwide as economic toll rises

As the number of deaths worldwide passed 24,000, the damage to people's livelihoods and their well-being from the effort to flatten the rising curve started to come into focus.
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March 26, 2020

Maine closing 10 state parks and beaches to stem tide of coronavirus

The closures, effective Friday, include Reid State Park, Popham Beach State Park, Two Lights State Park, Crescent Beach State Park and Scarborough Beach.

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March 26, 2020

BIW extends unpaid leave as worker attendance remains low

While the shipyard hasn’t halted production, despite calls to do so from union leaders and politicians, BIW leadership extended its unpaid leave offer to employees through April 10.
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March 26, 2020

Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’

Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine's 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
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March 26, 2020

Massachusetts man says on radio he’s positive for coronavirus, quarantined in Somerset County

The Maine Center for Disease Control says the man's case wouldn't be counted for Somerset County, which remained at zero confirmed cases as of Thursday, because federal rules go by a person's primary residence.
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March 26, 2020

World leaders vow to coordinate virus response in virtual G20 summit

‘We are at war with a virus – and not winning it,’ the head of the United Nations told leaders of the world’s 20 major industrialized nations.
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March 26, 2020

South Portland issues stay-at-home order

The order is similar to measures announced earlier this week by the governor and officials in Portland.