COVID-19

Ellsworth High School has revised the mask policy for Outdoor Sports held on their campus. MDI High School has not adopted the new policy, and am told that they are meeting later in the week to discuss modifications.

The Restaurant Revitalization Fund provides a total of 28.6 billion in direct relief funds to restaurants and other hard hit food establishments that have experience economic distress and significant operating losses due to COVID-19, Here's information about the Fund and how you can apply

Eastern Area Agency on Aging can help older Mainers with scheduling of vaccines, refer you to a provider who does home administered vaccines, connect you with transportation services to get you to and from your vaccine location. Click for details

Starting Monday, April 19th, Carroll Drug Store in Southwest Harbor will begin administering in-store vaccination clinics on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will be administering the Moderna vaccine. Sign up now online. They will be giving 50 doses per day.

The FDA and CDC are calling for an "immediate pause" in the administering of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the federal government announced early Tuesday.

You have to feel for the Centre Street Congregational Church, (UCC) in Machias because for the 2nd year in a row they have been forced to cancel the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival because of COVID.

Because of a lack of available substitutes to fill in for staff forced to quarantine, Sumner High School in East Sullivan has decided to continue the 100 percent remote learning model for the rest of the week, and return to in-person learning on Monday, April 12th.

Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12.

Budweiser joins Pepsi and Coca-Cola in the decision to sideline their popular commercials this year.

President Trump announced that he and his wife, Melania Trump, have tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump shared the news on Twitter early Friday morning.