Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates / Maine Marriage Boom / Nursing Home Closure

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Today is Monday. Temperatures will be mid-1960s to mid-1970s north to south, with sunny skies statewide. Here’s what we were talking about in Maine today.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention will report the latest coronavirus cases and weekend deaths at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. See our COVID-19 Tracker for more information.

The scope of the Biden mandates will be limited because it will not apply to many large Maine employers in the public sector.

More than half of schools in Maine plan to rely on regular testing as a strategy to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Responsibilities have increased as the coronavirus and its delta variant circulate more actively than a year ago, more students are in school buildings, and state guidelines allow many students and members of the staff who have been exposed to the virus to waive quarantine.

Many wedding planners and event venues in Maine are already seeing bookings fill up for next year, which should set the U.S. record for the most weddings in 40 years.

Island Nursing Home was the first of three facilities to announce they would close by the end of October after the COVID-19 pandemic put additional pressure on a workforce that has long struggled with low wages and staff retention.

The county lost about 4,700 people during that time, to just over 67,000 people, which is a drop of 7.1%.

Female black bear with her cubs spotted in Aroostook County

The bears are there and can be seen, if the time is right.

They are called collateral games because the big conference school is guaranteed a home game to generate income through ticket sales and concessions, while mid-big conference opponents like UMaine win. money.

In other news from Maine:

Brewer killed in Bangor crash

Exeter teenager killed after hitting car in tree

Desperate for affordable housing, 2 mid-coast communities turn to zoning for help

Maines’ Beech Ridge Speedway, 72, to be sold, car race likely over

Biker injured after collision with moose

Windham pedestrian killed by van

Man dies after jumping from burning building in Lewiston

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