Kelly O’Rourke has been jailed since July after allegedly contacting the woman in violation of his bail conditions.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Fueled by heroin crisis, hepatitis B cases rise in Maine
The Maine CDC says sharing needles is a major risk factor for the spread of the infections.
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Mercy Hospital’s pain management program offers an alternative to opioids
A strict new prescribing law may make the multidisciplinary approach – the only one in Maine and rare in the U.S. – indispensable.
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Group promotes voting change for Maine with ranked-choice beer tastings
A campaign version of the pub crawl will use demonstrations at Maine breweries to push for passage of a ballot question to alter the way voting results are tabulated.
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Fueled by opioid crisis, drug overdose deaths on record pace in Maine
In the first six months of this year, there were 189 drug overdose deaths in the state, a 50 percent increase over the same period last year.
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Maine Bureau of Insurance approves double-digit ACA rate increases
The hikes by three insurers won’t affect most Mainers, who are eligible for federal subsidies that offset increases.
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Upside to drought: Fewer deer ticks and fewer cases of Lyme disease
Scientists, however, can’t explain why two other diseases transmitted by the tiny arachnid – anaplasmosis and babesiosis – have reached all-time highs.
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LePage orders scrutiny of welfare benefits for immigrants in Maine
The move is a reaction to the case of an Iranian refugee who became radicalized while living in Freeport and was killed fighting for the Islamic State in Lebanon in 2015.
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Aetna backs out of plan to enter Maine health insurance marketplace
The company’s move reflects the difficulty of accurately predicting costs in a program that is just entering its fourth year.
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Insurance companies clamping down on overprescribing of opioids
They will warn about doses that are too high, investigate evidence of doctor shopping and set goals for reducing prescriptions.