CORRIGAN TELLS US WHAT THAT MEANS FOR MAINERS DESPERATE TO GET TESTED. (TESTING N) AT THIN GS AT AN AIRPORT, AND AS A RESULT, COVID TESTS FOR TRAVELLERS HAVE TO MOVE FASTER. THAT'S WHY THE PORTLAND JETPORT IS OFFERING FREE RAPID PCR TESTS EVERY DAY, EVEN FOR NON PASSENGERS. "IT'S GREAT TO HAVE RE AT HE THE AIRPORT, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PASSENGERS, BUT FOR THOSE MMCOUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE SEEKING IMMEDIATE RESULTS." COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE COLIN PEACOCK, WHO IA S POTENTIAL CLOSE CONTACT BUT LIKE MANY HERE IN MAINE, HE COULD NOT GET T AEST AT HIS LOCAL PHARMACY. "THE FIRST PLACE I WENT TO ACTUALLY PUT MY NAME DOW N, AND THEY TOLD ME IT'D BE THREE HOURS UNTIL I GOA T VACCINE OR, SORRY, A TEST. AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY TEXTED ME RECENTLY AND THEY SAID THAT IT'S GONNAE B $214. SO THIS IS A LOT BETTER COMING HERE." WITH THE JETPORT BEING ONE OF MAINE'S ONLY SITES OFFERING PCR TESTS F OR FREE, JETPORT OFFICIALS SAY THAT GETTING TESTED BEFORE F HOME OR SEEING FAMILY FOR THE HOLIDAYS CAN STILL BE POSSIBLE. "WITH OUR COVID WHERE IT IS NOW, YOU KNOW, EVERY TT ES SITE HELPS IN THIS ADDS TO THE TOTAL AVAILABLE NUMBER OF TESTS AVAILABLE DAILY, AND ALSO OFFERS IT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND JUST INCREASES THE NUMBERF O RAPID TESTS AND THE AVAILABILITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PASSENGERS ALIKE." MAKING TRAVELLING FOR THE HOLIDAYS SAFER,