Local Coronavirus COVID-19 Resource Center

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 20, 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, Sept. 19, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 139.

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, Sept. 19, 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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The State of Maine has received a total of $6,678,216 in the third installment of funding to support affordable housing, assistance to businesses and bolster COVID-19 prevention and response efforts throughout the state.

This funding, awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was allocated through a section of the CARES Act directing $48.5 billion to support housing and transportation programs.

The funding was awarded through HUD…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 18, 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 — Governor Janet Mills signed an executive order Thursday reinstating weekly work search activity requirements for all unemployment claimants in order to retain eligibility to receive unemployment benefits, beginning Sunday, Oct. 4.

The only exception is for individuals in medical quarantine due to potential COVID-19 exposure, per a news release. 

Work search activity requirements for those who were permanently separated from their employer were previously reinstated…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills signed a curtailment order…

BELFAST — RSU #71 is pleased to announce its ability to offer a free meal program, including breakfast and lunch, to all children 18 years and younger beginning now through December 30.

Meals are available at all schools in RSU #71 Monday through Friday and for pick up for remote learners. Meals will be provided seven days a week throughout the year upon order.

Here is what you need to know:

All students 18 years and under qualify for the free meal…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending September 12, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,400 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,000 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

These claims represent about 2,300 individuals filing an initial claim.

About 29,800 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 18,200 weekly certifications filed under PUA. In addition,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 17, 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…

STONINGTON—My neighbor, a long-time lobsterman, told me the other day: “There’s this guy you gotta check out, named Leroy. Friend told me about him. On YouTube, old guy like me whose been in the business all his life. He’s answering people’s questions and I hear he’s pretty funny.”

He was talking about Leroy Weed, 79, a Deer Isle lobsterman who is getting some statewide and national attention as a spokesman for the lobstering life in an online video series by the Maine Center for…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 16, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 138.

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, Sept. 16, 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…

ROCKLAND — The soccer, golf, field hockey and cross country teams at Oceanside High School in Rockland will participate in interscholastic competition this fall, the Regional School Unit 13 school board voted Tuesday night. 

While games will be played, there will be no fans except for special and limited occasions. 

The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference, of which Oceanside is a member, issued a recommendation Monday, according to Bishop, to its member schools to prohibit fan…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 15, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 137.

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, Sept. 15, 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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $25,159,777 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…

Camden Hills athletic director Jeff Hart shared the following two letters Sunday, Sept. 13 and Monday, Sept. 14: 

Fall Sports Update:

If you are interested in playing a Fall Sport, you must be signed up online. If you come to a practice, and you have not signed up, you will not be allowed to participate until all forms have been received.

Remember that the locker rooms are not available for use this fall.

First practices have been adjusted to the…

UNITY — A decision to support a plan for the fall sports season amid COVID-19 was reached by the Regional School Unit 3 school board at its Monday, Sept. 14 meeting. 

RSU 3 has athletic teams at Mount View Middle School and Mount View High School. Both schools are in Thorndike. 

The news came over social media with a tweet posted following the meeting to the account of RSU 3 Superintendent Charles Brown and a Facebook post credited to MVHS Principal Zack Freeman. 

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 14, 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, Sept. 13, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 136.

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, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 12, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 135.

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, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA — After saying first payments of Lost Wage Assistance Program will be issued in the coming days, the Maine Department of Labor will be issuing the first round of retroactive $300 payments as part of the new federal Lost Wage Assistance program tonight, Sept. 11.

Benefits will be paid retroactively starting with the week ending August 1. The first round of payments will include payments for the weeks ending Aug. 1, Aug. 8, and Aug. 15.

The Department anticipates making…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA – The Maine Principals’ Association, the Maine School Superintendents Association, and the Mills Administration issued the following statements today after reaching agreement on updated guidance for fall school sports.

The revised “School Sports Guidance: Return to Competition for Competitive Athletics and Activities in Maine” is now in line with all State of Maine health and safety protocols and will proceed to a vote before MPA’s Sports Medicine Committee followed by its…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending September 5, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,100 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,700 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

These claims represent about 1,500 individuals filing an initial claim.

About 35,500 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 22,000 weekly certifications filed under PUA.

In…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, Kirsten Figueroa, Commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, delivered to Governor Janet Mills a three-part proposal intended to balance the State budget and address an estimated $528 million revenue shortfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The recommendations in the proposal include: Using $97 million in available federal funding for authorized public health and safety costs; transferring approximately $70 million in liquor…

AUGUSTA — Plans on how to conduct a safe fall sports season amid the ongoing pandemic are nearly finalized, the governing body for Maine high school sports announced in a Wednesday evening press release. 

A meeting took place Wednesday afternoon between the Maine Principal’s Association, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine School Superintendents Association, Maine School Board Association, Maine Department of Education, and the Governor’s office.

“Consensus on…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Later this month, the Internal Revenue Service will start mailing letters to roughly nine million Americans who typically don’t file federal income tax returns who may be eligible for, but have not registered to claim, an Economic Impact Payment.

The letters will urge recipients to register at IRS.gov by Oct. 15 in order to receive their payment by the end of the year.

Individuals can receive up to $1,200, and married couples can receive up to $2,400.…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

The following letter was distributed by the administration at the Vinalhaven School on Monday, Sept. 7. 

Dear local sports fans,

After extensive conversations with school and local experts, and integrating the position of the CDC, the Maine Principals Association and the Maine Schools Boards Association, we have decided not to participate in competitive league soccer play.

Rather, we will be providing a robust intramural program with skills set sessions and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

“Maine offers a quality of life that appeals to those living in highly populated and more congested areas of the U.S.”

This quote from a July press release from the Maine Association of Realtors is not news to those who live here year-round.

The COVID-19 pandemic that has upended the world has also produced a silent shift felt in Maine with…

The following letter was distributed Friday, Sept. 4 by RSU 71 Superintendent Mary Alice McLean: 

Dear RSU # 71 Students, Families, Staff and School Board,

Congratulations to everyone for an awesome first week back to in-person instruction! It was very successful thanks to the hard work of all of you!!

Students - We are amazed and delighted by how well prepared our K-12 students were! They came to school with face masks, were prepared to wear them throughout the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Education received confirmation this week nine waivers from the United States Department of Agriculture will be extended, allowing continued flexibility in the way that school districts and other non-profit, community organizations can offer meals to children 18 years of age or younger.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Maine DOE, in partnership with Maine schools, has sought, per a news release, continued flexibility in federal school meal…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

ROCKPORT — During a Sept. 2 school board meeting, Five Town CSD Superintendent Maria Libby and Camden Hills Regional High School Principal Shawn Carlson pulled back the curtain on the decision to scrap the traditional fall sports season for the Windjammers late last month. 

An Aug. 21 joint letter from Libby, Carlson and CHRHS Athletic Director Jeff Hart said the administration reached a point where it could no longer wait for a decision from state officials. 

“We feel the path…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending August 29, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,200 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and about 2,000 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

These claims represent about 1,300 individuals filing an initial claim.

More than 38,000 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 22,000 weekly certifications filed under PUA.

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association, the Maine School Boards Association, the Maine School Superintendents Association, and the Mills Administration released the following statements today on interscholastic fall sports in Maine:

“The Maine Principals’ Association agrees with the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education that it would be best to extend the delay of fall sports by one additional week to allow schools to get their academic programs…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills extended Wednesday the State of Civil Emergency for 30 days through October 1.

The Governor’s decision to extend the emergency is in line with nearly every other state in the nation which have ongoing emergency declarations, according to the National Governors Association, per a news release. 

“Thanks to the efforts of Maine people, who have largely abided by public health measures intended to keep us all safe, our state has been relatively…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 2, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 133.

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, Sept. 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…

AUGUSTA — Leaders of the Maine Department of Education and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services raised concerns about the fall sports season Tuesday, Sept. 1 to the leaders of the Maine Principal’s Association, the state’s governing body for high school sports. 

“Our review found that several elements in the MPA Guidance do not comport with the State of Maine rules,” a joint letter from Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew and Maine…

CAMDEN — They had one message they wanted the community, their high school principal and superintendent, and the Five Town CSD Board of Directors to hear: “Let us play!”

Approximately 75 high school students and parents gathered on the Camden Village Green to let the community know that they want to play competitive team sports with other school teams around the state.

CHRHS students learned earlier this month the district would not be participating in the Maine Principals’…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…

The 53rd annual Fall Foliage Festival scheduled for Oct. 10 and 11, 2020 at the Boothbay Railway Museum, has been canceled due to COVID-19. 

“After thoughtful and careful consideration, the Railway Village and the Boothbay Region Information Center have made the difficult decision to cancel the 53rd annual Fall Foliage Festival. We believe this decision is in the best interest of the Fair and the health and safety of all participants. The Fall Foliage Festival is a family tradition in…

ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School, in Rockport, became the first, and so far only, high school in the state to opt out of the upcoming fall sports season Aug. 21 in favor of participating in practices and modified intra-squad games this fall.

The following letter was distributed Aug. 28 by RSU 71 Superintendent Mary Alice McLean. 

Dear RSU # 71 Students, Families, Staff, School Board and Community Members,