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Nick Woodward/Maine PublicOn Wednesday, Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah warned that the Delta variant is very contagious, and also may be more likely to cause serious illness and death. He says that makes it more urgent for Mainers to get vaccinated. -
National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS), University of Connecticut(UConn), and University of Maine(UMaine)/NOAAFisheries regulators in the Northeast are permanently putting some 25,000 square miles of seafloor off-limits to some types of commercial fishing, in an effort to protect sensitive deep-sea corals.
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According to the Maine CDC website, 65 percent of eligible Mainers have now received a final dose of coronavirus vaccine. -
Trout Unlimited and the Atlantic Salmon Federation say routine operations by Brookfield Renewable Partners trapped and injured several of the Atlantic salmon able to migrate through the watershed.
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Maine's rural counties are seeing some of the biggest sales jumps, with home sales rising by more than 60% in Hancock, Aroostook and Washington Counties.
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The federal Bureau of Economic Affairs says Mainers' personal income jumped 74.7% in the first three months of this year.
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Another 20 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Maine on Tuesday.
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The Kids Count Data Book is released annually by the Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks Maine 11th overall. It also concludes that policymakers must continue to offer relief to struggling families hurt by the pandemic.
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The White House unveiled its new Child Tax Credit website Monday for families to learn more about the relief program.
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Certain fully vaccinated people will be allowed to enter Canada without quarantining by early July.
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A handful of projects in New England and New York are slated to receive more than $3.5 million in funding to help protect common loons.
