The state aims to ensure that projects are needed and don’t escalate costs or cause other health care facilities to close.
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.
Posted inMaine, News
Proposed expansion of Maine Med among nation’s largest
The project ranks 14th in cost out of 578 tracked since 2014 and may also offer a competitive edge for the Portland hospital.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine Medical Center proposes its largest expansion ever, at a cost of $512 million
The project would add 300,000 square feet to the hospital’s campus, put the main entrance on Congress Street and make changes to enhance patients’ stays.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Thieves in U-Haul bust through gate, steal snowblowers in Brunswick
Video captures images of the U-Haul truck the thieves loaded with a dozen snowblowers.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Social worker pleads not guilty to accusation of having sex with a client
Kelly O’Rourke has been jailed since July after allegedly contacting the woman in violation of his bail conditions.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.