A program called Maine Healthy Beaches monitors conditions at more than 60 locations around the state.
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Why does Maine split its Electoral College votes for president?
Part of an occasional series answering readers’ questions about Maine.
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When is the best time to visit the Portland Museum of Art?
During the pandemic, the total number of people allowed inside at once is 100, and the maximum attendance in the large first-floor gallery that houses traveling exhibitions is 35.
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Is it called Back Cove or Back Bay?
Many use the two names interchangeably when referring to the body of water in Portland, but only one is correct.
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Whose idea was it to call Maine ‘Vacationland’?
Like it or not, the slogan has adorned Maine’s license plates for nearly 85 years.
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When will life get back to normal?
A variety of experts from doctors to historians try to predict the future.
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When can I reunite with family members and friends?
Dr. Dora Anne Mills, chief health improvement officer at MaineHealth, offers some advice on this and other questions.
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When will nursing homes allow visits? How long can I get away with an expired inspection?
And will there be youth sports this summer? readers ask.
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Will more churches offer drive-in services? Are marinas opening? When do I have to wear a mask?
Part of an occasional series answering readers’ questions about Maine. Q: Will more churches offer drive-in worship services? And how will that work? A: Several Catholic parishes plan to offer drive-in Masses, the first of which were scheduled for Sunday in Lewiston and Auburn. More will be held next weekend, including in Gorham. But many […]
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When can I go to a library again? Who, exactly, has to quarantine for 14 days and what does that mean?
Part of an occasional series answering readers’ questions about Maine. Q: I haven’t found where libraries fall into the state’s reopening plan. When can they reopen? A: Libraries are one of the many business and service sectors not listed anywhere in the reopening plan, so you are not the only one who is perplexed. Generally, […]