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UMaine Machias to offer new nursing program via UMaine Augusta partnership
The Downeast Nursing Track will allow students to earn a bachelor’s in nursing from the Augusta college while going to school in Machias.
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Maine’s top forester to head national association at critical time
Maine State Forester Patty Cormier has been elected president of the National Association of State Foresters.
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Central Maine Medical Center adds new OB-GYN provider
LEWISTON — Dr. Sara Goldsholl is joining the team at Central Maine Obstetrics-Gynecology on the Central Maine Medical Center campus. She chose the department because it’s one of the few fields that allows her to care for patients through multiple stages of their lives, from childbirth through menopause. She is particularly interested in managing high-risk […]
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Farmington’s MaineHealth has 4 new certified nurses aides
The program utilized a curriculum, prescribed by the Maine State Board of Nursing.
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Lewiston’s Central Maine Healthcare honors advanced practice providers
LEWISTON — During the last week of September, Central Maine Healthcare will join the rest of the nation in honoring its advanced practice providers, Tina Moring and Angela Michalka. An advanced practice provider is a health care provider who is not a physician but performs medical procedures typically performed by a physician, having undergone extensive […]
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Lewiston’s Geiger company receives workplace award
LEWISTON — Geiger, a promotional product distributor, has been recognized by the Wellness Council of America with the WELCOA Silver Well Workplace Award for its commitment to employee health and well-being. Key elements of Geiger’s success include active employee engagement in wellness programs, strong leadership support for a culture of well-being, and contributions from specialized […]
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State Farm donates $5K to Auburn’s Good Shepherd Food Bank
State Farm associates recently presented the Auburn-based Good Shepherd Food Bank with a $5,000 check to support hunger relief efforts. The associates spent an afternoon at Good Shepherd Food Bank’s warehouse in Hampden, where they packaged 326 boxes of donated food for older Mainers. Good Shepherd is the largest hunger-relief organization in Maine, serving over […]
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Geiger VP receives ‘Rising Star’ award
David Geiger, vice president and general counsel at Geiger, has been named a 2024 Rising Star by the Promotional Products Association International.
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FDA approves a potential ‘game-changer’ drug for schizophrenia
The approval comes less than a year Bristol Myers Squibb paid $14 billion to acquire the developer of the drug, Karuna Therapeutics.