Despite the rising number of cases, the state’s seven-day positivity rate remains among the lowest in the country.
Rose Lundy
Rose Lundy, public health reporter for the Maine Monitor, covers the coronavirus in Maine. She also is a 2020 Report for America corps member. Lundy previously covered politics and local government for three years at The Daily News in southwest Washington. She grew up in Minnesota and graduated from the University of Wisconsin.
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As students resume classes, school officials prepare for potential pandemic-induced educational divide
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