Though the state has not seen an increase in the number of lost individuals in recent years, outside of hikers and boaters, the number of Silver Alerts seems to have increase.
Kendra Caruso
Staff Writer
Kendra Caruso is the Auburn city reporter for the Sun Journal. After graduating from the University of Maine in 2019, she got her start in journalism at The Republican Journal in Belfast. She started working at the Sun Journal in 2023 writing about health and education. She has a passion for community reporting and keeping people informed on important happenings in their town.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Planning to venture into the wilderness? Here are some safety tips from a game warden
Those who find themselves off of a marked trail and disoriented in the woods should not panic, rather they should sit down and relax.
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Posted inFranklin, Local & State, News
Bugs, hallucinations, dark thoughts: New Sharon man talks about being lost for 4 days
Michael Altmaier’s rescue highlights the increasingly important role played by Maine’s search and rescue teams as more people seek the outdoors and officials deal with Silver Alerts.
Posted inHealth, News
Maine’s mental health treatment law: To whom does it apply and how does it work?
Amid an increase in calls for more use of court-ordered outpatient treatment plans, the statute is relatively narrow as to who it can be applied to.
Posted inHealth, News
Maine continues to see high hepatitis C infections despite overall declining rate
The rate of new acute cases, though highest in the nation, has decreased every year since peaking in 2020.
Posted inbPlus
Face Time: Lisbon Finance Director Samantha Bryant on the rewards of municipal work
‘I love that in municipal government I get to directly help people and can easily see the tangible results of those efforts.’
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Franklin, News, Oxford Hills
Small businesses, nonprofits in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties to get storm relief funds
Businesses can be awarded as much as $100,000 from a pool of $5.8 million funds in this first round of grant awards.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
USM’s Lewiston-Auburn Campus using grant to expand dental assistant program, looking to attract more students
The more than $600,000 grant will buy new equipment and set up a scholarship program to help students pay tuition.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
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.
Posted inHealth, News
Hospitals seek ways to provide more care to patients
Area hospitals look to shifting responsibilities, recruitment, and even artificial intelligence for solutions.