The more than $600,000 grant will buy new equipment and set up a scholarship program to help students pay tuition.
Kendra Caruso
Staff Writer
Kendra Caruso is a staff writer at the Sun Journal covering education and health. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in journalism in 2019 and started working for the Sun Journal in 2023.
Greene residents vote to fund two major town projects, reject broadband project funding
Some residents at the meeting felt that property owners along the roads slated for the broadband expansion should pay for it themselves, according to Town Manager Carol Buzzell.
Hospitals seek ways to provide more care to patients
Area hospitals look to shifting responsibilities, recruitment, and even artificial intelligence for solutions.
Shortage of primary care doctors in Maine has patients struggling, hospitals and providers scrambling
Long waitlists for front-line doctors are causing some people to wait months to be seen, others to just give up.
Greene residents to decide on dam, culvert and broadband funding at annual meeting
Residents have expressed strong feelings about some of the funding requests on Saturday’s warrant.
Maine’s sixth annual Opioid Response Summit draws hundreds to Auburn
Gov. Janet Mills thinks the enhanced prescription monitoring program is one of the factors that brought down the number of drug overdose deaths last year.
Experts weigh in on how to maintain mental health through tumultuous political discourse
Fear can lead to anxiety and depression, which can take a toll on someone’s mental well-being.
Lisbon councilors change Zoning Ordinance for manufactured homes, discuss local EMS situation
Manufactured homes will now be allowed in three more areas.
Lewiston health care providers set up shop in Kennedy Park to offer free services
Providers were giving free services, such as blood pressure readings, blood sugar tests and cervical exams, along with providing people with resources.
Lewiston school budget passes third public vote
By midday, there were already a higher number of votes cast than during the first school budget referendum.