BANGOR (AP) — A Maine hospital says it has suspended a worker suspected of placing a camera in a staff bathroom. The Bangor Daily News reports that Bangor police have been investigating the matter at Eastern Maine Medical Center since last week. The hospital suspended the worker from accessing the hospital. A spokeswoman said the hospital doesn’t […]
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Central Maine Medical Center safety grade drops to B
LEWISTON — With 11 out of 16 hospitals earning an A rating, Maine once again ranks among the best in the country for hospital safety. However, one local hospital — Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston — saw its safety scores fall in the past six months, dropping its grade from an A to a […]
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Donna Jean Perry
1949 – 2015 LEVANT/BUCKFIELD — Donna Jean (Roy) Perry, 65, died after a long battle with cancer on Friday, Aug. 14, with her family by her side at her home in Levant. She was born Sept. 22, 1949, in Norway, the first of six children to A. Franklin Roy and Barbara (Hammond) Roy. Donna grew […]
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Mother following in daughters’ footsteps, earns associate degree at EMCC
BANGOR — By the end of this month, Angel Freeman and her two daughters, Jessica and Sarah, will have a combined total of five college degrees among the three of them: two bachelor’s and three associate degrees. The Freemans earned all but one of the degrees during the last two years. But they don’t plan […]
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When babies are born exposed to drugs, challenges keep mounting
Almost 1,000 babies born in Maine last year entered the world already exposed to drugs. For many, if not most, the obstacles to a healthy life didn’t end there. After enduring withdrawal symptoms that leave hundreds of Maine babies hospitalized during their first weeks of life, the infants often return to homes stricken by poverty […]
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LifeFlight called after motorcyclist plunges 30 feet over embankment in Thomaston
THOMASTON — A Spruce Head woman was injured late Saturday morning when she lost control of the motorcycle she was riding, hit a guardrail and plummeted 30 feet down an embankment at the intersection of High Street and New County Road in Thomaston. Melissa Robbins, 40, was driving a friend’s 2002 yellow Honda Spirit, according […]
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Caribou man dies of injuries suffered in weekend ATV crash
NEW SWEDEN — A Caribou man who was severely injured in an ATV crash in Aroostook County over the weekend has died. Marvin Hedstrom, 76, died Tuesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, according to Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. MacDonald said Wednesday that Hedstrom died from the injuries he suffered […]
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EMMC expects to save $175K annually after dropping longtime blood contract with Red Cross
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Medical Center expects to save about $175,000 per year by stepping away from American Red Cross Blood Services for the first time in decades and starting a new relationship with a smaller West Coast blood provider, according to the doctor who oversees EMMC’s blood management operations. The Bangor hospital announced Monday […]
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Shooter reportedly kills himself after wounding Princeton camp owner
PRINCETON — Maine State Police were investigating a shooting and suicide at a hunting and fishing camp on Long Lake on Tuesday, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Steve Whitman, 60, reportedly suffered two gunshot wounds around 5 p.m. but still managed to call 911 and give Washington County […]
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Overheard cancer diagnosis prompts Bangor couple’s $1M donation to EMMC project
BANGOR — Leonard Minsky of Bangor was an overnight patient at Eastern Maine Medical Center about a year ago when a doctor entered his room with news of a crushing diagnosis. The doctor wasn’t there to speak to Minsky, however, but to his roommate on the other side of a thin screen. In the semiprivate […]