“I deplore hoarding,  It’s selfish,” said Faith Beal, this afternoon at Hannaford Brothers, Forest Avenue,  Beal was looking for whole tomatoes because she wanted to make a sauce.  “They are sold out.  Maybe I still have some at home,” Beal … Continue reading →

Early this evening the city of Portland announced that city hall and all city buildings will be closed to all “external” visitors for the next two weeks.  During the first week of closure, a “deep” cleaning will take place.  The … Continue reading →

Portland’s city hall closed at 3:00 pm this afternoon and it is not known when it will reopen again according to city manager Jon Jennings at a hastily called press conference this morning.  The purpose of the 2:00 pm press … Continue reading →

The Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the drafting of Maine’s constitution has been postponed as of moments ago.  The event was to be held at First Parish Church, Congress Street on Sunday, March 15th.  The cancellation is out of … Continue reading →

Following the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Maine by the state CDC on Thursday, two additional patients presenting to MaineHealth have preliminary test results that are presumptively positive for the virus according to a press release issued by Caroline … Continue reading →

The City of Portland has decided to cancel all evens scheduled for the next 30 days at Merrill Auditorium, Portland Expo and Ocean Gateway in order to help practice social distancing in order to reduce the number of large gatherings … Continue reading →

“It’s still sinking in for some.  It’s a weird feeling,” said Pat Byrnes, general manager, of Byrnes Irish Pub a short walk from the Bowdoin College campus.  He was referring to the news that Bowdoin has just informed its students … Continue reading →

The Maine Statehood Day Ceremony planned for Sunday, March 15 at 1:00 pm at the Augusta Armory is postponed.  It will be rescheduled at a safer time for the public said Senator Bill Diamond, Chair, of the 2020 Celebration. The … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills and the Maine CDC announced today Maine’s first presumptive positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Maine.  The individual who tested positive is a woman in her 50s from Androscoggin County.  The Maine CDC … Continue reading →

The US Department of Human & Health Services announced today that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) will provide $4,567,500. to the State of Maine to support the State’s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus, a/k/a … Continue reading →