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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 13, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 162.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 13, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

BELFAST — Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles by the fourth graders in Nancy Nickerson's class at Capt. Albert W. Stevens School to inform our readers about what it's like to attend school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since this story was written, all schools in Waldo County have been given the state's "yellow" designation, meaning they must implement hybrid learning plans, with students attending school in cohorts on alternating…

AUGUSTA — In response to recent coronavirus outbreaks associated with the conduct of interstate youth hockey activities, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will support a regional approach to interstate competitions.

As case numbers increase…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending November 7, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,300 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 300 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

“ The increase in state initial claims is due to seasonal layoffs in eating and drinking places, lodging, and construction industries,” stated a news release.

In total, approximately 2,900 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 12, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 159.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 12, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 11, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 158.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

THOMASTON — With an affinity for using planners to boost her towards achieving her goals, and a fervor for fueling personal growth and productivity, Thomaston resident Dominique Woodward decided two years ago to create a YouTube channel as a way to share her passions. 

Her channel, The Pixie Planner, boasts more than 6,300 subscribers and has accumulated more than 465,000…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 10, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 156.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $48,890,321 to date to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19, according to a news release.

The funding is provided through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), created through the CARES Act, which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers.

In addition to facilitating the Farmers to Families Food Box program, CFAP is providing,…

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maine Department of Education has received federal emergency funding that can be used to provide high-speed broadband connections to K-12 student and teacher households, as well as households with enrolled college students, that currently do not have access to minimum internet speeds of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload, according to a news release. 

Tidewater Telecom and Lincolnville Networks has been approved by the Maine DOE and the ConnectME…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association, the governing body for high school athletics in the state, announced Monday afternoon the cancelation of this year’s high school cross country state championships. 

“The concern of bringing students together from all parts of Maine through state-wide travel as we are experiencing a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Maine,” said MPA Assistant Executive Director  Mike Bisson. “The new mask mandate for student-athletes to…

NORTH HAVEN — The COVID-19 outbreak on the island of North Haven has increased Monday, according to a letter shared in the afternoon by North Haven Community School Superintendent Peter Gallace and teaching principals John Dow and Christine Cooper. 

“We have been told by the clinic that there are at least 13 confirmed cases and 2 presumptive cases of COVID-19 on the island,” the letter stated. 

After previously reporting over the weekend an elementary school teacher and high…

As we enter the eighth month of this pandemic, fears that cool weather would accompany a surge in the pandemic have proven well-placed. Cases of COVID-19 have increased significantly in our coastal Maine communities and recent epidemiological data and case investigations show that Maine is now experiencing widespread community transmission. Let this prompt us all to increase our vigilance.

This may be unsettling to hear, but it is also a reminder that our vigilance is more important…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

NORTH HAVEN — A COVID-19 outbreak is occurring on the island of North Haven, according to a Nov. 7 letter shared to the community by North Haven Community School Superintendent Peter Gallace and teaching principals John Dow and Christine Cooper. 

“We have been told by the clinic that there are at least 11 positive cases on North Haven,” the letter stated. “One of our elementary [school] teachers has tested positive with COVID-19 and a high school student as well. The teacher will…

SEARSPORT — With no confirmed cases of COVID-19 with the towns making up RSU 20 (Searsport and Stockton Springs), the district has opted to enter its in-person continued learning plan starting Monday, Nov. 9 following the Maine Department of Education removing Waldo County from the yellow health advisory system categorization. 

At Searsport Elementary School, Groups 1 and 2 will be on campus, while Group 3 will be remote each day. 

At Searsport District Middle and High School,…

VINALHAVEN — The Vinalhaven School has amended its educational plans for the upcoming week amid the county’s yellow designation under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system. 

Students will not have school on Monday, Nov. 9 or Tuesday, Nov. 10. Wednesday, Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day, a previously scheduled day off. 

School staff will attend school Monday and Tuesday to make final preparations for the possibility of full remote instruction.

“If we…

ST. GEORGE — With Knox County moving to a yellow designation in the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, St. George School officials released a letter to families Nov. 6 updating its educational plans. 

With the yellow designation: 

K-5: Students in grades K-5 continue five days per week of in-person instruction.

Middle Level (6-8): Student in 6th-8th grade will move to a hybrid model, in which middle level crews rotate between in-person and…

On one day alone this week, Maine recorded 183 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day increase since the beginning of the pandemic. Our positivity rate, while significantly lower than other states, has more than doubled in the last two weeks and hospitalizations have increased.

Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills and thank you for listening.

BELFAST — An outbreak of COVID-19 is being investigated at the Waldo County General Hospital by the Maine CDC, according to Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah during his Nov. 6 COVID-19 briefing. 

Four staff members of the hospital have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. 

“Care team members at Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) and Waldo County General Hospital (WCGH) are on the front lines of this fight against COVID-19,” said Mark Fourre, Pen Bay Medical Center and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 7, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 152.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

SEARSPORT — Rumors that several Searsport ambulance personnel tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 are inaccurate, according to a statement by Town Manager James Gillway in the town’s newsletter. 

“The Town of Searsport is not aware of any employee infected by COVID-19,” Gillway wrote.

The rumors have the potential to negatively impact other members of the community who may believe the unfounded rumors. 

“We are worried that this misinformation will scare…

ROCKLAND — With Knox County now being designated as a yellow county under the Maine Department of Education’s COVID-19 health advisory system, Regional Unit 13 is shifting to a hybrid learning model beginning Monday, Nov. 9. 

One of the added precautions in the hybrid model is a weekly deep cleaning, which would take place each Wednesday in buildings, and students would not be present in the buildings on this day, according to a letter from the district.

An additional …

ROCKPORT — With Knox County shifting to a Yellow designation under the the pandemic public health classification system, the Camden Hills Regional High School is going remote Nov. 9 and 10. Nov. 11 is a holiday, and then on Thursday and Friday, the school will adopt its hybrid 2 model.

In a letter to parents, the school laid out the following:

Monday and Tuesday November 9 and 10^th will be fully remote for all students.  The schedule is…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has updated its guidance for community sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which will have an impact on the school sports scene in Maine. 

Face coverings are required for all individuals at practices and competitions at all times, including players, coaches, staff, and officials while engaging in…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to assist schools as they continue with their plans to deliver instruction and support students safely this fall.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) assessed the data and trends for all counties.

Based…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

ROCKPORT — Protecting the health and well-being of Midcoast Recreation Center participants, employees and greater community is the organization’s top priority, according to a letter shared to the facility’s Facebook page Nov. 5 following new COVID-19 guidelines issued by Governor Janet Mills. 

MRC will roll out its new plan in phases beginning immediately, with plans subject to change. 

All participants must wear masks at all times at the MRC. 

Those with a fever,…

AUGUSTA — On the day Maine recorded 183 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day increase since the beginning of the pandemic, Governor Janet Mills announced an Executive Order requiring Maine people to wear face coverings in public settings, regardless of the ability to maintain physical distance, according to a news release.

The new order strengthens an earlier one stating that face coverings must be worn only when physical distancing is difficult to maintain, per the release…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending October 31, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,700 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 470 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

In total, approximately 2,500 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim.

About 12,900 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 15,100 weekly certifications…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A total of 82 Maine nursing homes and nursing facilities have been awarded an additional $247,577 to support increased testing, staffing, and personal protective equipment (PPE) needs, according to a news release, adding to the $10.4 million announced in August.

This targeted distribution from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Provider Relief Fund is funded through $175 billion included in the bipartisan CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program…

“A death reported today, a man in 70s, was sadly linked to Brooks Pentecostal outbreak,” said Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah, Nov. 4, during his bi-weekly pandemic briefing held…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 4 an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 150.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

The U.S. CDC has provided some tips on how to safely vote in-person amid COVID-19 noting the more prepared you are, the more you reduce your risk of getting and spreading COVID-19. (People who are sick can follow CDC advice for when to be around others.)

“It is with great sadness that we write this to inform the town that our first selectman, Tom Flacke, has passed away,” wrote the Town of Morrill, on its Facebook page, Nov. 2.

“ While everyone in the office initially tested negative after exposure to COVID, we all were told to quarantine for the full two weeks in case symptoms later developed. Last week, while in quarantine, Tom was admitted to the hospital for flu-like symptoms and COVID was eventually confirmed.

“Early…

As of Nov. 2, the Maine CDC is conducting investigations into eight COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, two of them in Midcoast.

The state’s CDC opened three new investigations opened as of Nov. 2: one in Warren; another in Pittsfield, with the Deeper Life Assembly Church, where 11 have tested positive; and the third, at the Sandy River Center, a retirement home in Farmington, where seven have tested positive.

In Warren, the CDC is investigating a new outbreak at the…

WARREN — The Midcoast Athletics Center, a privately owned gym with indoor basketball courts, was notified this morning, Nov. 2,  of three additional cases of COVID-19 associated with the facility. 

The last attendance of any of the positive cases occurred on Wednesday, October 21, according to a news release from the Route 1 gym.

All direct contacts of the positive cases have already been contacted by the Maine CDC and have already been quarantined as directed. 

The…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Nov. 2 an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 148.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 2, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they are…

AUGUSTA — As the COVID-19 virus explodes across the country, Maine this week recorded a significant increase in cases, hospitalizations, and positivity rates, a press release stated. 

Friday saw 103 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day increase in Maine since the beginning of the pandemic. Saturday saw 98 new cases, and one more person lost their life to the virus.

Maine’s seven-day positivity rate, while still significantly lower than other states, doubled over the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Nov. 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Oct. 31 an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 147.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Oct. 31, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“Data are about individuals who claim residency in Maine regardless of what state they were tested in, or where they…

Community Emergency Shelter Committee has submitted the following:

ROCKLAND — The Community Emergency Shelter Committee is grateful for the overwhelming community support and now opts for non-congregate shelter model this winter to preserve public health and prevent potential spread of COVID-19.

The Community Emergency Shelter pilot that had been proposed to open at the Flanagan Community Center this coming December received considerable endorsement from our community…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color and is provided to assist schools as they continue with their plans to deliver instruction and support students safely this fall.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) assessed the data and trends for all counties.

Based…