The hospital cites declining birth rates as part of the reason for ending its women’s health services at the end of July.
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Local photographers featured in CMMC gallery
The work of local photographers Bonita Boothby and Richard Plourde will be on display for the month of May in the Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Boothby is a self-taught Maine photographer who started taking photos of her parents’ beautiful flower gardens when she was in high […]
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Fiddler Owen Kennedy to play at Oasis of Music
Maine fiddler Owen Kennedy will perform at the Oasis of Music in the lower chapel beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Owen Kennedy is a 16-year-old fiddler whose love of traditional music and enthusiasm for performing has captivated audiences from San Diego to […]
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Lewiston’s Community Health Options awards grants to 10 nonprofits
Lewiston-based Community Health Options has awarded grants to 10 Maine nonprofit agencies focused on encouraging physical activity to improve overall health and well-being in the state. Grant recipients include the Boys & Girls Club of Bangor, Central Maine Community Health Corporation (Healthy Androscoggin), Fit Girls of Wilton Maine, Healthy Communities of the Capital Area, Houlton […]
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Androscoggin Bank’s B Corp status makes it unique in Maine
The Lewiston-based bank is among an elite group of businesses, recognized for meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency.
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Maine’s community college nursing programs to double enrollment thanks to $5 million funding boost
New funding from a public-private partnership between the state and two of Maine’s largest health care providers to allow the Maine Community College System to increase nursing enrollment as soon as this fall.
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Lewiston chapel to host weekly children’s holy hour
LEWISTON — Prince of Peace Parish plans to host an eucharistic holy hour for children at 6 p.m. each Sunday at the Rivier Adoration Chapel in Holy Cross Church, 1080 Lisbon St. The chapel itself can be found on the Baird Avenue side of the church. The group prays a decade of the Rosary and […]
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Piano concert featured at Oasis of Music
Brian Meldrum will perform on piano at this week’s Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, at Trinity Church in Lewiston. Meldrum has prepared a program of shorter works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms. A Lewiston native, Meldrum studied for many years with the late Natasha Chances. Ms. Chances was a […]
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Real estate fraud in Maine rising as scammers take advantage of tight housing market, desperate buyers
Real estate is the third most common sector for fraud attempts behind construction and commercial services, according to the findings of a 2019 report by the Department of Treasury.
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Lewiston seventh-grader youngest ever to win statewide creative writing contest
Lily Douglass was selected as the winner of The Telling Room’s annual contest for her short story titled “The Monster under the Bed.”