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Uxue Northern Maine residents weigh in on proposed ban on aerial herbicide spraying
Good morning from Augusta. It is April Fools Day and the Maine Democratic Party says its new air max plus party animal is a moose. Heres your soundtrack.QUOTE OF THE DAY: It kind of came at us like a freight train, said Erin Herbig, a former state senator sworn in as Belfast town manager three days before Maines first coronavirus case was recorded last year. This was literally my second w adidas samba eek on the job. It was like, how do we do that I will also say my councilors and my mayor immediately thought, how is this going to impact our community How are we going to respond adidas yeezy How are we going to be there for people What were watching todayMaines vaccine allocation is expected to pick up again next week, but unfilled appointments remain both a problem and an opportunity. As vaccine supply picks up nationally, Maine will be receiving nearly 55,000 vaccines for vaccine sites, a 20 percent increase from last week, according to the federal government. Allocations to retail pharmacies through a federal program are not yet known, but totaled 23,000 vaccines last week.The increase is entirely made up of one-shot Johnson Johnson vaccines, of which Maine will receive 20,600, up from 8,100 last week. That could enable Maine to vaccinate more than half of people in their 50s by the end of next week only two-and-a-half weeks after the state began offering them vaccines. Maine will not be affected by a factory problem affecting 15 million Johnson Johnson doses nationally, the state Eqjk Andrew Shorey steps down as Dexter football coach after winning state championship
The BDN is making the most crucial coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact in Maine free for all readers. Click here for all coronavirus stories. You can join others committed to safeguarding this vital public service by purchasing a subscription or donating directly to the newsroom.Pent-up demand and fetching manufacturer incentives like zero percent loans for seven years fueled vehicle sales in May, but current low inventories and a pending recession are clouding business prosp owala ects for the rest of this year, Maine car dealers said.Automobile sales, a key ec yeezy onomic indicator, have seen 10 years of strong growth since the Great Recession. Nationwide, nearly twice as many vehicles were sold in January of this year compared to the 9.4 million in April 2009, according to the Federa stanley shop l Reserve Bank of St. Louis. However, sales fell to 8.8 million in April, the first full month of pandemic restrictions.State data show a rise in sales and use taxes on Maine vehicles and transportation in the first three months of this year, but a 27 percent drop in April. Gov. Janet Mills declared a state of civil emergency in Maine in mid-March that has been renewed and remains in effect. The state as a whole saw less than half of expected revenue in April as the effects of the coronavirus significantly slowed the economy.Showrooms in Maine reopened May 1 under state-required health precautions and it was a different world for dealers. Gone was the traditional handshake and pe |
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