When the checkout line becomes the front line

Most of us have been advised to stay home, but cashiers have to interact with other humans all day long, although many have changed the way they work.

Area restaurants offering takeout

The state ordered all restaurants and bars to close, but they can offer takeout.

Virus outbreak means (mis)information overload: How to cope

Already, text messages predicting a nationwide lockdown have circulated, along with social media posts telling people that one way to get tested for the virus is by donating blood or warning that mosquitoes can carry it. All are untrue.

How living with brain cancer prepared me for pandemic

The uncertainties of this pandemic are all real concerns, but I've learned from living with cancer that there is no crystal ball. To constantly try to peer into the crystal ball to answer these unknowns is an exhausting and often futile task. It has taken me 16 years to learn that instead of focusing on the "what-ifs," it is best to take life day by day.

Sun Journal Week In Photos: March 15-21, 2020

Our photographers were out documenting how Lewiston-Auburn dealt with the coronavirus pandemic.

Nonprofits try to maintain services amid high demand, limited resources

Nonprofit leaders say they are following the recommendations from public health officials, while still trying to deliver essential aid to people across Maine.

PHOTO: ‘Tucker them out. A lot of bike rides’

Western Maine Transportation suspends GreenLine, Lisbon connectors

Senate negotiators cite progress on coronavirus bill after day of drama and rancor

Overall, the legislation is aimed at flooding the economy with capital to revive businesses and households that have been knocked off course by fears about the virus' rapid spread.

PHOTOS: Dealing sweetly with Maine Maple Sunday’s cancellation