Rural Maine prays death will wait as pandemic upends tradition and civic life
Trees near Aroostook State Park in Presque Isle on March 19, the first day of spring. (David Marino Jr. | Star-Herald)
So far, isolation has largely protected rural places in Maine. But as the virus has traveled out of cities to adjacent locales and rural vacation destinations, it has continued a steady march, day by day, into smaller communities.
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