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Somerset is becoming the Maine county hardest-hit by COVID-19 deaths

Somerset is becoming the Maine county hardest-hit by COVID-19 deaths

by Rose Lundy | December 6, 2020

Somerset County, which recorded its first COVID-19 death in August, now has Maine’s second-highest death rate after a statewide surge last month. Waldo County has the highest, but 14 of its 16 deaths were before June. November was Maine’s deadliest month with 67...
Stepping out and helping out: Maine volunteers have come through during pandemic

Stepping out and helping out: Maine volunteers have come through during pandemic

by Susan Cover | September 27, 2020

Jennifer Gunderman’s hands moved quickly from bean to bean, snipping the long vegetable right at the top and dropping it into her five-gallon bucket. The former organic farmer turned University of New England public health professor made the short drive from Belfast...
Advocates of Maine ‘opening’ belittle virus threat, but it could harm thousands

Advocates of Maine ‘opening’ belittle virus threat, but it could harm thousands

by Gordon L. Weil | May 14, 2020

The main argument of a legal case against Gov. Janet Mills’ directives to protect Maine people is that the COVID-19 situation is not bad enough to warrant her actions. The economy should be opened. The complaint misses four key points: Older Mainers are...
Commission approves 10th, final charter school in Waldo County

Commission approves 10th, final charter school in Waldo County

by Samantha Hogan | September 10, 2019

The Ecology Learning Center will officially become the 10th and final charter school to open in Maine. The Maine Charter School Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize a charter for the proposed high school, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2020 in...

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