SAD 58 to offer student meals during closure

Distributions will be made Monday through Friday.

Live coronavirus updates: Animal shelter, municipalities restrict access; casino closes

Advocates call for releasing some Maine inmates as jails, courts try to limit infections

The American Civil Liberties Union has urged governors in all 50 states to release inmates with less than a year left on their sentences.

Lisbon closes town facilities, issues contact procedures

Town Office will is closed March 18-31.

Unemployment claims in Maine surpassed February’s total in just 3 days this week

Nearly 5,000 Mainers have claimed unemployment since Sunday, putting Maine on track to surpass the highest weekly total since the Great Recession.

Treasury proposes to pay out $500 billion to Americans starting in April

Two sets of checks, with amounts depending on income and family size, are the centerpiece of a $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy amid the coronavirus epidemic.

Gov. Mills closes restaurant dining rooms and bars, prohibits social gatherings of more than 10

The governor issues the executive order, which runs through March 31, after the number of coronavirus cases in the state goes from zero to 42 in less than a week.

Chesterville plans to postpone elections, annual meeting

The meeting will open Friday to consider a motion to recess until May 29.

Across U.S., a vast disparity in states’ responses to coronavirus

Absent federal mandates and clear guidance, states, counties and cities are making their own calls.

Emergency legislation will allow towns and school districts to meet remotely