PORTLAND — The Leapfrog Group has named four MaineHealth hospitals — LincolnHealth, Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital and Stephens Memorial Hospital — as Top Rural Hospitals 2020. Leapfrog’s Top Rural Hospital Awards recognize achievements in patient safety and quality. “We could not be more proud of the care team at Stephens,” said […]
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MaineHealth Hospitals earn an ‘A’
PORTLAND — All five eligible MaineHealth hospitals – Franklin Memorial Hospital, Maine Medical Center, Mid Coast Hospital, Pen Bay Medical Center and Southern Maine Health Care – have received a fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade of ‘A,’ the highest hospital safety grade that Leapfrog offers. Leapfrog assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade […]
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Chicken pie fundraiser Jan. 15
WEST PARIS — The First Universalist Church of West Paris is planning a fundraiser to savor during what is typically our coldest time of the year. The church was not able to hold its annual chicken pie supper fundraiser, which has taken place the week before Thanksgiving for over 100 years so, instead, we are doing […]
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2021 hunting and fishing licenses now available
AUGUSTA — The 2021 hunting and fishing licenses are now available for purchase online or at any of the more than 800 licensing agents statewide. The state of Maine offers a wide range of hunting and fishing opportunities. Maine is nearly as large as all the other New England states combined, with over 17 million acres of forested land, 6,000 lakes […]
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UMaine Extension offers beekeeping classes
FALMOUTH — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering separate online beekeeping classes for beginner and experienced beekeepers starting Jan. 14 and Feb. 25. The five-session beginning class, for beekeepers with less than one year’s experience, meets from 6–7:30 p.m. Jan 14–Feb. 11. With a focus on the basics of honeybee biology and beekeeping, […]
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CCFC distributes $50K to area small businesses
PARIS — CCFC distributed $50,000 to small business owners in the restaurant/food service, hospitality/lodging, barber shop, and commercial screen-printing industries who met the eligibility requirements. The businesses are located across four Maine counties, including the Towns of Bethel, Dixfield, Lewiston, Norway, Oxford, Portland, South Paris, and Winthrop. “The pandemic has hit our small business […]
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Mt. Abram 60th Anniversary exhibit open
BETHEL — The Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum is hosting an exhibit celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Cross Brothers founding of Mt. Abram. The exhibit, located at the Robinson House of the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, will be open select Saturdays in December and most days Tuesday-Friday from 10 am to 3 pm. […]
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MLT undertakes harvesting to promote habitat restoration
BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Land Trust (MLT) will soon commence its first harvest on the recently acquired McCoy-Chapman Forest, a 500-acre tract about five miles west of Bethel that runs from the banks of the Androscoggin River to the flanks of the Mahoosuc Range. The scenic acquisition, which offers year-round recreation, comprises generous land […]
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Keenan and Burgess marry
ALBANY TWP — On a perfect summer’s day in late September, Kristine Louise Keenan married Joseph Mundy Burgess at her family’s residence on Hutchinson Pond, Albany Township. In light of COVID concerns, attendance was limited to eight immediate family members. Although there were fewer guests than originally planned, nature graced the party with full […]