| | | | Latest news Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 1 pm |
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday recommended postponing gatherings of more than 250 people for at least 30 days after announcing the state’s first presumptive positive test for the new coronavirus in a woman in Androscoggin County.
Maine has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus that has infected hundreds across the U.S. and killed at least two dozen in the country, Gov. Janet Mills said Thursday.
Maine still hasn’t confirmed any cases of the coronavirus in the state, but it has continued to test more people for the illness throughout the week.
Students must request the room and board refunds, and guidelines will be posted on the system’s website by noon March 18.
We'll be constantly updating our live blog throughout the day as news comes in about the coronavirus and its impact in Maine.
The letter claimed that students were to report to the campus’ dining hall, where they would receive an “active coronavirus injection.”
As events are canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak and health officials warn people to avoid large crowds, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has some guidelines for dining out.
It's unclear if the show will be held at a later date this year.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic and following the NBA’s announcement Tuesday night that it is suspending game play. The NBA G League has also suspended the 2019-20 season, effective after tonight’s games.
But the slate for the high-stakes race for Republican Susan Collins' U.S. Senate seat is a little less certain.
Fresh produce may be part of a healthy diet, but the coronavirus outbreak poses additional concerns to some grocery shoppers.
Virtually every expectation that the Vermont senator carried into his second White House bid has been overturned by Joe Biden's dramatic comeback.
As of noon Wednesday, there have been no confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Maine, based on 42 tests, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Feb. 25, 1791, the Massachusetts General Court leadership and John Hancock — yes, that John Hancock — signed an act to incorporate Bangor as a town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
All of Maine Maritime’s recertification classes for professional mariners will eventually move from the academy’s Castine campus to Bucksport.
The Cross Insurance Center, the home court of the University of Maine women’s basketball team, will host a championship game viewing party at 5 p.m. Friday when the Black Bears play Stony Brook in New York for the America East title.
Medication-assisted treatment is now available to inmates who are struggling with opioid addiction at each of the state’s adult correctional facilities.
Those assistants — 30-year-old Tom Biskup, Courtney (Anderson) England, 26, and Parise Rossignol, 24 — have played important roles in helping the injury-decimated Black Bears earn a fifth straight America East title-game appearance.
With the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the U.S. and more than 100 confirmed cases elsewhere in New England, Maine’s hospitals say that they have been preparing for its expected arrival in the state, even if they do not know how soon it will be.
The University of Maine System will transition all classes to online instruction for the rest of the spring semester, and ask students living on campus to leave before spring break ends.
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