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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.

Here's the latest on the coronavirus in Maine

Another Mainer has died as health officials on Wednesday confirmed 23 more positive coronavirus cases, bringing the statewide total to 3,017. There are 424 active and likely cases in the state. The death toll stands at 103. Check out our COVID-19 Tracker for more information.
Through the start of June, the majority of Maine’s confirmed coronavirus infections were in people older than 50. But that flipped around June 10: since then, the majority of cases have been among people younger than 50.

Movie theaters, indoor and outdoor amusements and performing arts venues can reopen in Maine on July 1 subject to a 50-person gathering limit under guidelines released Wednesday by the Mills administration.
While much of the country sees a surge in new coronavirus cases, Maine’s infections are continuing to trend in the opposite direction. The state saw the number of new cases continue to fall over the past week even as the state maintained its ramped-up level of testing.

Bangor school committee members apologize to Black students and vow to take antiracist actions

Bangor school committee members apologized to Black students for the racism they faced at Bangor High School in a Wednesday night meeting and revealed who would conduct the independent investigation the administration announced after learning about racist incidents though a Bangor Daily News article.

‘Out of the blue,’ Trump directs trade offset aid to Maine lobster industry

President Donald Trump directed his administration on Wednesday to provide lobstermen with financial assistance to make up for lost income from Chinese tariffs in a move that Sen. Angus King praised and said “came out of the blue.”

When these trees couldn’t be sold, they were donated to become new orchards instead

In early April, Shiwa Noh, a board member of the nonprofit Nibezun that focuses on preserving and revitalizing Wabanaki culture and heritage, received a donation of more than 1,000 trees, bushes and perennials, including plums, cherries, apricots, raspberries, chokecherries, black walnuts, chestnuts and hundreds of apple and pear trees in more than a dozen varieties.

Noh said that Nibezun was grateful for the donation, but they knew they couldn’t keep all of the trees for themselves. So half were distributed to organizations, community gardens and individual homes of the various tribes throughout the state, including Wabanaki, Houlton Band of Maliseets, Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Passamaquoddy Tribe.

Maskless photo of Janet Mills reignites debate over coronavirus restrictions

The outcry shows how tense the political climate in Maine and U.S. has become as the coronavirus pandemic wears on. Masks have emerged as the most visible symbol in that debate. Even though they have been shown to reduce the spread of the virus, their use is still seen by some as a political statement on the wearer’s view of the pandemic.

What this birder found while spending 5 days deep in the North Woods

"I just spent five days in the North Maine Woods surveying birds for the Maine Bird Atlas during the first week of June," Bob Duchesne writes. "I did it all for science. Yeah, that’s it – for science. Oh, and also because birding the wilder parts of Maine is just wicked good fun."

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