The Dempsey Center has established a $2 million fundraising goal and has raised over half that so far.
Kendra Caruso
Staff Writer
Kendra Caruso is a staff writer at the Sun Journal covering education and health. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in journalism in 2019 and started working for the Sun Journal in 2023.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
As Maine towns balk at rising education costs, some call for sheltering the property tax
Lewiston was among many towns struggling to approve school budgets that often rely heavily on the local property tax.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Updated COVID-19 vaccine rolls out at Maine pharmacies
There has been an uptick in reports of new COVID-19 infections through most of the summer.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Legislation change likely cause of more Silver Alerts
Though the state has not seen an increase in the number of lost individuals in recent years, outside of hikers and boaters, the number of Silver Alerts seems to have increase.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
Planning to venture into the wilderness? Here are some safety tips from a game warden
Those who find themselves off of a marked trail and disoriented in the woods should not panic, rather they should sit down and relax.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Bugs, hallucinations, dark thoughts: New Sharon man talks about being lost for 4 days
Michael Altmaier’s rescue highlights the increasingly important role played by Maine’s search and rescue teams as more people seek the outdoors and officials deal with Silver Alerts.
Posted inHealth
Maine’s mental health treatment law: To whom does it apply and how does it work?
Amid an increase in calls for more use of court-ordered outpatient treatment plans, the statute is relatively narrow as to who it can be applied to.
Posted inHealth
Maine continues to see high hepatitis C infections despite overall declining rate
The rate of new acute cases, though highest in the nation, has decreased every year since peaking in 2020.
Posted inHealth
Hospitals seek ways to provide more care to patients
Area hospitals look to shifting responsibilities, recruitment, and even artificial intelligence for solutions.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Shortage of primary care doctors in Maine has patients struggling, hospitals and providers scrambling
Long waitlists for front-line doctors are causing some people to wait months to be seen, others to just give up.