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A full year has passed since Maine recorded its first case of the coronavirus that has upended daily life here and across the globe, sparking a mad dash to curb the spread of COVID-19 and develop vaccines that are now being administered to thousands of Mainers each day. With this anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maine, state officials are offering an optimistic message for the path ahead while urging residents to recommit to safety measures and reflect on a year that has wrought widespread hardship. "This pandemic is hard, many people are tired and frustrated. I understand that. But we...

It’s because Higinson was the only one leaving. Higinson and her mother and stepfather, Susie and Louis Thurston, were all hospitalized in Frisbie’s intensive care unit together for COVID-19. The trio represented 50% of the ICU, thus leaving a somber hole when Susie, 74, and Lou, 73, were recently taken off treatment and life support. “They grieved as much as I did, so it was like we shared it together,” Higinson, 53, said of Frisbie’s staff. “We did it together. It made it so much easier.” Staff at the Rochester hospital have rallied around Higinson in her COVID-19 battle and i...