WASHINGTON (KINY) - The Centers for Disease Control released guidance this weekend for phase 2 of the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order, according to a joint release from US Senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, who were briefed on the order.
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MOUNT DESERT The town will pay MCM Electric in Hall Quarry up to $48,600 to replace existing light fixtures with LED lights at the police department in the Town Hall building and in the truck bays at the highway garage.
By participating in the Efficiency Maine rebate program, the town will receive $7,132 in rebates for the two LED projects.
The Board of Selectmen voted at a special meeting Monday to approve the expenditure and to accept the rebates.
Public Works Director Tony Smith said estimates for furnishing and installing the LED fixtures were requested from four local electrical contractors that are certified by Efficiency Maine. MCM Electric was the only contractor that submitted an estimate.
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It s been a bumpy year for the Florida-based Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, as it has for most cruise lines.
The family-owned company, which normally operates two-night sailings from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Freeport on Grand Bahama Island, had to drop anchor in March 2020 when the CDC issued its No Sail Order. We were the first cruise line to achieve green status from the CDC early in the No Sail period, said Kevin Sheehan, the line s president. This meant that we produced a comprehensive document that implemented all the health and safety protocols and more required by the CDC for a passenger cruise line.
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Michigan s governor has blamed the state s recent spike in cases on higher rates of travel, lower rates of mask wearing and previous success keeping cases low in the state, and experts are warning the state s rise in COVID-19 cases could be a sign of things to come for the rest of the nation.
In early April, Michigan has become the worst state in the country in terms of COVID-19 cases per capita. Although the state s vaccine rollout continues, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has said officials may consider restrictions if the community s health is compromised because more patients end up in hospital ICUs.
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