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A trio of churches in Hartford’s North End have teamed up to provide dinner six days a week to anyone in need. The partnership is one way faith communities are working together to meet basic needs in the midst of the coronavirus. Fried chicken and biscuits were hot and ready to go every night at…
Read More‘We’re More Together Now’ – A Navy Veteran Living In Lewiston On Life During The Pandemic
Living with all the troubling effects of the pandemic — social distancing, the toll on health care workers, the anguish for the sick and the economic fallout — retired Navy veteran Robert Bott of Lewiston says there’s no doubt it can test your faith. But Bott, who is Catholic, says he and his wife have…
Read MoreA few months ago, Providence restaurateur James Mark was feeling more comfortable about his business than he ever had before. He’d finished building a bar at his highly regarded restaurant North and successfully launched a second restaurant, Big King. The lucrative Spring graduation season was approaching, and Mark was expecting to see his investments pay…
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From small business to big employers — from family farms to fishermen — New England’s economy is taking a hit from the coronavirus. Join us for an America Amplified special from the New England News Collaborative. We’ll bring together voices from across the region, and we want to hear yours.
Read MoreA Limousine Driver Is Idled But Not Defeated By COVID-19
Karl Bright picked me up at home last week in a brand new black Cadillac. Bright is a limousine driver and also the owner of his company, Transportation Initiative of Norwood. But he had not been doing much driving. We were heading to the airport at a time when just about no one else was,…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Screenings Missing Symptom: Lost Sense Of Smell
Nothing about the way she was feeling made her worry until that Monday morning, just over a week ago, when she went downstairs to feed her cat. “I went down to my kitchen and opened a can of cat food and realized I couldn’t smell it.” The woman, who asked that she only be identified…
Read MoreMaine’s Marine Economies Face Rough Waters
There are an estimated 30,000 Mainers who, one way or another, depend on the state’s marine economies, and it seems every one of them is contending with some sort of hit right now, as the COVID-19 pandemic has upset the long-established systems of seasonal seafood supply and demand. Jeff Augur says that when famed Boston…
Read MoreWith many schools and businesses closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, fewer cars are on the road. Even normally busy highways are relatively empty. So in some places, it’s quieter outside. That might have an impact on birds and other animals that are making their own kind of noise this time of year. One…
Read MoreMaine Family-Owned Factory Cranks Out Rolls Of ‘White Gold’ As Demand For Toilet Paper Soars
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the panic-buying of certain items, notably paper products – and toilet paper in particular. Some stores have sold out, others have resorted to rationing – in some cases to just one roll per customer. The sudden demand for what some are calling “white gold” is proving to be a challenge – and an opportunity…
Read MoreMaintaining a safe distance can be especially painful when someone you know or love is grieving. You want to reach out with a hug or a handshake; share tears and laughter at a funeral or some other celebration of life. But now that the governor has issued his order for Vermonters to stay home, people…
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