Today is Thursday. Temperatures will be in the 80s with sunny skies throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

She planned to spend a month in Japan. Five months later, she still hasn’t made it back to Maine.

• On March 10, when Mainer and motel owner Linda York Cook traveled to Japan to attend her son’s wedding, she thought she would be back home by mid-April. Now, more than five months later -- and after multiple flight cancellations, medical complications from her diabetes and countless logistical conversations about logistics with her husband -- she may finally be coming home.

Separated by a border, Maine and New Brunswick have had very different COVID-19 stories

• The Canadian province has maintained one of the world's lowest COVID-19 infection rates due to early action, and now it's starting to see its economy come back faster.

Parents don’t think students will follow schools’ COVID-19 rules, survey says

• Most Maine parents are confident their local schools can implement safety measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus’ spread when school starts this fall, but they don’t have confidence that students will follow the rules. That's among the findings from a state survey of parents and educators in advance of schools' fall reopening.

• Some 51 percent of people who responded to a Maine Arts Commission survey last month said they would not want to attend performances in an indoor venue until a vaccine is available, though around 60 percent said they would feel somewhat comfortable attending an outdoor performance, provided there were seats and adequate spacing. The survey skewed heavily toward older Mainers.

In other Maine news...

• State increases any-deer hunting permits to all-time high

• Bath Iron Works finds 9th case of coronavirus since March

• Crash leads to 8-vehicle pileup on I-295 in Falmouth