A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration, for now, restore AmeriCorps funding to Maine and about two dozen other states.

Volunteer Maine, the state’s service commission, said the ruling reinstates about $2.5 million that supported eight AmeriCorps projects around Maine and about 120 service members. They were initially terminated in April.

But executive director Britt Gleixner-Haya said it won’t be easy to restart the programs that were paused.

“This is not like a light switch you can turn on and off,” she said. “The April termination already had an impact on our partners and on communities across Maine.”

Volunteer agencies and non-profits around Maine are still figuring out how they will restart projects and rehire workers. Gleixner-Haya said Volunteer Maine is still waiting for required documentation from AmeriCorps headquarters confirming the funds have been restored.

“This is extremely chaotic for the AmeriCorps members, and it robs them of the opportunity to serve,” she said. “They signed up and they want to serve communities, and right now this situation is making it very difficult for them to make the kind of decisions about their lives and to serve our communities here in Maine.”

Maine programs are also bracing for the possibility of more changes, Gleixner-Haya said, as legal proceedings are expected to continue and the Trump administration may appeal. She also notes that a federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to proceed with planned layoffs of AmeriCorps headquarters staff.

Maine residents and first responders saluted as police escorted the remains of WWII Pvt. Willard Merrill from Boston to his hometown of Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday.

The escort stretched along I-95 from Logan Airport to Newport, where it traveled along Route 7 to Lary Funeral Home, where it arrived shortly after 7 p.m.

Along the way, first responders paid tribute as Merrill’s remains passed by, as captured in images from those in the escort.

Merrill, who was 21 when he died, was among the U.S. and Filipino soldiers captured by the Japanese Imperial Army after the surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942.

After his capture, Merrill was one of 78,000 prisoners who endured the 65-mile Bataan Death March, which began the next day. Thousands of prisoners died during the march.

Merrill was held at the Cabanatuan POW camp, where he died on Nov. 14, 1942, and was buried in a common grave, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said.

Despite several efforts over the years, his remains were not identified until recently. They were flown back to Logan Airport in Boston on Saturday, where the escort to Dover-Foxcroft began.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will drift over Maine this weekend, pushing air quality into the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” range in some areas, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

On Saturday, smoke from the fires is expected to continue moving into the state, with hourly monitored values of particle pollution in the USG (unhealthy for sensitive groups) range in northern Maine.

With only light winds in the forecast, the smoke is expected to linger in the region, according to a statement from the DEP.

The rest of the state is projected to remain in the moderate air quality range for particle pollution. Meanwhile, ozone levels are expected to reach the moderate range in the southwest and midcoast regions and remain in the good range for the rest of Maine.

For Sunday, air quality forecasters do not expect wildfire smoke to move out of the state, with northern and western Maine expected to remain in the USG range. The rest of the state is expected to stay in the moderate range.

On Monday, winds may push smoke out of Maine, but another plume from Labrador could affect air quality.

At elevated levels of particle pollution, children, the elderly and individuals with respiratory or heart diseases such as asthma, bronchitis or COPD can experience reduced lung function and irritation.

Healthy adults who exert themselves outdoors may also experience symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath, throat irritation or mild chest pain.

During periods of elevated particle pollution levels, experts recommend avoiding strenuous outdoor activity, closing windows, and circulating indoor air with a fan or air conditioner.