‘It’s still a prominent threat,” Central Maine Medical Center doctor says.
Androscoggin County
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Livermore Falls residents weigh in on new COVID-19 guidelines
Residents from the Livermore Falls area have mixed feelings as Maine lifts its mask mandate.
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Farmers, home gardeners: Beware of invasive insects
Spotted lantern fly and marmorated stink bug have not been found in this area yet, but others such as Swede midge and leek moth have.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, River Valley
Upstream towns worry they’ll pay the price for a cleaner Androscoggin River
Rumford and other towns urge more testing, better communication before plunging ahead with controversial upgrade for river’s water quality.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
More hospitalizations among young people with COVID-19 in April
In April, 19 people in their 40s were hospitalized, an increase of nine from March.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Androscoggin commissioners reject Isaiah Lary’s ‘health freedom’ proposal
Citing no evidence of requiring vaccinations for employment, a notion reinforced by county leaders, some of Lary’s colleagues called the move grandstanding and one saying he was “looking for a fight when there is no fight.”
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
More than 20,000 Lewiston residents have yet to get their COVID-19 vaccine
New data published by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention this week showed that less than 60% of Lewiston residents of all ages have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. More than 20,000 residents are unvaccinated.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Roof, salt and road bids approved in Livermore
The Select Board also discussed a discrepancy in town employee compensation.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, The Franklin Journal
Livermore Select Board approves salt, roof and road bids
The board also discussed a discrepancy in town employee compensation.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
‘Race’ against COVID-19 variants is on as vaccine eligibility expands
Vaccines are ‘our ticket back to normal,’ Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said Wednesday, the same day that the Auburn Mall vaccination clinic began offering the Pfizer vaccine to 12-to-15-year-olds.