LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System, 96 Campus Ave., held a celebration ceremony on Nov. 28 recognizing 19 local students for completion of their medical assistant classes. Instructor Mariann Gowell welcomed administrators, staff, family, friends and community partners for the presentation of certificates. Brittany Blais, St. Mary’s Talent Acquisition Partner and Human Resources Administrative Assistant, […]
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Police called to hospital
Lewiston police responded to a scene at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center around 3 p.m. Thursday after a patient having a mental breakdown became unruly, according to Auburn Deputy Chief Jason Moen. The patient had to be subdued by hospital staff and an officer. The patient was charged with assault on an emergency care provider, […]
Colette C. DiBello
1924 – 2016 AUBURN — Colette C. DiBello, 92, of Aspen Way, Turner, died Saturday, June 4, at the Androscoggin Hospice House with her family by her side. She was born in Auburn on March 30, 1924, the daughter of Altheode and Irma Collet Charron. She was a graduate of Edward Little High School in […]
St. Mary’s office to hold open house
LEWISTON — Members of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and others are invited to an open house and ribbon cutting from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at St. Mary’s Integrative Medicine and Weight Management, 198 Main St. Visitors are welcome to tour the facility and meet the office staff. Light snacks will […]
St. Mary’s food pantry to try evening hours
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Nutrition Center is changing its food pantry hours, effective June 6. The pantry will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays instead of during the morning, and it will be closed on Mondays. The pantry will still be open from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. “We aren’t […]
Earth Day 2016: How local companies go a little green
When it comes to conservation, every little bit helps. For Earth Day, we caught up with a multinational water company newly riding the rails, a bank recycling 88 tons of paper, an elderly care facility that’s feeling the heat and a coffee shop going with the low-flow to do its part. It’s green, to go […]
Birth announcements
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Isla Don Haynes, a girl to Erin and Chad Haynes of Poland, Oct. 13. Sibling, Nora; grandparents, Cindy Kelley, Rumford, Sis and Don Haynes, Mexico, Flo Haynes, Peru. Corbin Adam Roberge, a boy to Adam and Kymberly Roberge of Sabattus, Oct. 15. Sibling, Brylee. Amora Lee L’Heureux, a girl to […]
CMMC, St. Mary’s fined for patient safety scores
LEWISTON — Eight Maine hospitals are facing federal penalties for infection and complication rates. Both Lewiston hospitals — Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center — are on the list. This is the second year Medicare has fined hospitals whose safety scores dip below a certain line. Last year, six Maine hospitals […]
Philanthropist Cecile Coulombe dies at 89
LEWISTON — In 2008, the family of Cecile J. Coulombe donated $1.3 million in her name to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center for a new emergency room. Cecile described it as a happy surprise at the time, but nobody who knew her well was surprised at all. For most of her life, she had maintained […]