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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Northern Light offers voluntary furloughs to employees, but wants to keep them working


Northern Light has not set a target for how much it hopes to save through voluntary furloughs. The system has also said it prefers that many of them continue working.
 


She opened the vegan restaurant of her dreams. Then the coronavirus hit Maine.


Maine reported its first coronavirus case on March 12. Two days later, Robin’s Table was closed and Adams let her five employees go. Now, she’s leaving it up to fate whether her vision for a homestyle vegan restaurant in Biddeford will be fully realized.
 


Shuttered businesses in Rockland are covered with messages against abuse


As public health officials warn millions of Americans to stay home amid the spread of COVID-19, many victims of domestic violence are living their worst nightmare trapped inside with their abusers.
 


Coronavirus forces pay cuts at Westbrook’s largest employer


The only Maine company listed on the S&P 500 Index is temporarily cutting employee salaries due to losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
 


Maine receives only a small fraction of the Abbott rapid coronavirus tests it expected


Maine expected to get 15 rapid coronavirus testing machines to more quickly assess patients, but on Wednesday it received a "much smaller" number of the machines, health officials said.
 


What Maine is telling businesses about life after coronavirus


Maine’s top public health official on Wednesday answered the key question on the minds of businesspeople: When will they be able to start operating again?
 


Bar Harbor cancels all cruise ship visits until July 1


Citing a large volume of feedback on the subject, the Bar Harbor Town Council on Tuesday canceled all scheduled cruise ship visits through the end of June.
 


Union president calls for Kittery naval shipyard to shut down after worker’s death


The calls for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to temporarily close come after U.S. Navy confirmed a civilian worker from the shipyard died from complications related to the coronavirus.
 


CMP affiliate awards $300M in contracts to build corridor amid referendum challenge


The company behind the proposed $1 billion hydropower corridor from Canada through western Maine said Wednesday that it has awarded more than $300 million in contracts to build the project's infrastructure.
 


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