Two COVID-19 cases at Freeport Police Department

Three employees who came into what Town Manager Peter Joseph referred to as “passing contact” with infected individuals have been asked to stay home until they receive a negative test result.

Augusta Community Warming Center open for homeless, but limiting access

The center, which in recent years has drawn people looking to socialize during the day, is now focused on providing space for homeless people due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The show must go on: Central Maine drama clubs stage productions virtually

High school theater programs are still performing, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced different creativity and new approaches.

The Latest: California hospitalizations double summer peak

Congress seals agreement on COVID relief, government funding

The House was expected to vote on the legislation very late Sunday or Monday and Senate action would follow.

Maine CDC reports 230 new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths

Maine added 3,000 cases in a week, and the seven-day average of new daily cases has reached 437.7.

Are fancy pans worth their weight?

These obscure kitchen tools will have to prove themselves to keep their spot on the shelf.

Getting vaccinated is just the first step for front-line hospital staff

After caring for COVID patients for nine months, the first ICU and ER workers inoculated at Maine Med are doing fine and hoping everyone keeps wearing masks and gets vaccinated, too, as soon as possible.

J.P. Devine: The lady in white

This Christmas, as thousands of nurses and doctors in blue scrubs hold the hands of the millions of the dying, J.P. Devine is thinking of his mother in her starched white dress and cap, bringing a cupcake home.

The View From Here: Vaccination needs to win over skeptics

A coronavirus vaccine won't work unless almost everyone takes it. Will they?