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Friday, March 12, 2021
Volume 17 • Issue No. 11
Governor Mills Unveils Moving Maine Forward Plan AUGUSTA Governor Janet Mills unveiled a plan to protect public health and support Maine’s economy as the state approaches its busy spring and summer tourism season. The Moving Maine Forward plan maintains critical health and safety protocols that have protected Maine people over the past year, establishes a clear time frame to increase capacity limits to support economic activity, and standardizes these limits across sectors by transitioning to a simple model based on percentage of capacity. The plan also revises Maine’s travel policies established
last summer under the Keep Maine Healthy Program and sets a target reopening date of March 26 for indoor service at bars. The new, multi-month plan, which reflects the stabilization of Maine’s COVID-19 metrics and
progress in vaccinations, aims to provide clarity and predictability for Maine people and businesses to plan for the summer months and establish Maine as a safe place to visit. The Moving Maine Forward
Plan is composed of the following three tenets: The plan maintains the critical public health and safety protocols – like wearing face coverings, keeping physical distance, and conducting enhanced cleaning – implemented in part through COVID-19 Prevention Checklists and requirements for Maine schools. These industryspecific protocols, which are critical to keeping business and school operations safe for Maine people, will remain in effect throughout the summer. Simplifying and standardizing capacity limits and establishing a clear time frame: The plan
transitions Maine’s capacity limits from hard caps in most situations to a straightforward percentage of capacity model. It also establishes a clear time frame to increase these capacity limits, providing Maine businesses with predictability to plan. The time frame and capacity adjustments are as follows: For indoor gatherings, the percentage of capacity will increase to 50% starting March 26 and 75% starting May 24; For outdoor gatherings, the percentage of capacity will increase to 75% starting March 26 and 100% starting See FORWARD page 4...
New Life for the Wood Island Life Saving Station KITTERY Hear the history of the Portsmouth Harbor “surfmen,” who were part of the U.S. Life Saving Service — a forerunner of the U.S. Coast Guard, and learn how the Life Saving Station is being brought back to life with Sam Reid, president of the Wood Island Life Saving Station Association. Reid will speak to island’s past and future at 1:30 p.m. on March 16 via a free webinar
sponsored by the Active Retirement Association. Advanced sign up is required at www.unh. edu/ara or by emailing araseacoast@gmail.com for the registration link. Guests receive a confirmation email with information on how to attend. Reid brings his background in historical preservation to help breathe new life into the Life Saving Station. He is managing director and government affairs consultant
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Audubon Presents “The Birds-of-Paradise” YORK COUNTY Among the most amazing creatures in the world, more than 40 species of birds-of-paradise live in New Guinea’s Indo-Pacific rainforest, one of the largest intact tropical forested areas on Earth and have become icons of New Guinea’s rainforests. Their extraordinary beauty is unlike that of any other birds on Earth, but it’s their wide range of bizarre breeding behaviors that captivates audiences—from elaborate dancing and flaring their elegant plumes to shape-shifting displays that make these exotic species seem
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town of Kittery, as owner of the island station, selected his association in March of 2012 to restore the station and bring it to the public as a maritime museum. For more information, visit www.unh.edu/ara or email arainfo1982@gmail.com. The Active Retirement Association is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, and is not affiliated with any political, religious, ethnic, or special interest group.
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like avian transformers. Edwin Scholes is the founder and leader of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Birds-of-Paradise Project, and has been studying and documenting them since his first trip to New Guinea in 1999. It was in 1997 as an undergraduate biology student that Ed first saw the BBC documentary film “Attenborough in Paradise.” That film, which was the result of Sir David Attenborough’s lifelong passion for the birds-of-paradise, was the first to capture these birds’ wonder and beauty in any depth. The film inspired Edwin to devote his career
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to their study and protection. On Tuesday, March 16, at 7 p.m., York County Audubon will be delighted to host Edwin Scholes to talk about these amazing creatures, and the efforts to preserve their threatened habitat. York County Audubon will be presenting this program online and is available free of charge, but advance registration is required. To register, go to yorkcountyaudubon.org, and click on the link that appears there. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
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joining the program. For more details, go to www.birdsofparadiseproject.org
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