At United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual meeting, Board Chair Connie Jones of Boothbay reviewed highlights of 2016, including early childhood initiatives and the “tremendous results” achieved by…
Health and Wellness
This year’s Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary’s Grand and Glorious Yard Sale is guaranteed to be even more grand and glorious than the past 23 years, due to the out pouring of generous donations by the…
The May 26 deadline for scholarships for the Boothbay Region YMCA and Central Lincoln County YMCA Summer Camp is fast approaching.
We believe all children in our community, regardless of…
The Ecumenical Diaper Bank is beginning its third year of distributing diapers to low income families. This year, from Mother’s Day (May 14) through Father’s Day (June 18), Mid-coast area churches…
In response to a troubling increase in the number of suicides in our community and the need to offer appropriate supports for their loved ones, Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice (…
The Central Lincoln County YMCA has announced the adoption of a newly revised campus-wide smoke-free policy. Since the use of tobacco products is the single, greatest cause of premature death and…
CHANS Home Health & Hospice honored more than 50 volunteers at a celebration on April 5 at the Brunswick Hotel & Tavern. The event highlighted the outstanding work of the Hospice…
At the age of 80, Newcastle resident Joan Yeaton spends her week days helping care for young children. But when a wound on her leg refused to heal, she worried that…
Members of Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR) and students from Bowdoin College will share experiences related to unintended pregnancies and difficult choices at a forum Tuesday, May 9 at…
Vu Ho, MD, has joined Mid Coast Medical Group–Pulmonology, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and the active medical staff of Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He joins the team of four board-…
Madeline Wehrle was interested in medicine from an early age. After being introduced to isometric drawing and computer-aided design, or CAD, modeling in high school, she also became interested in…
It’s almost time to forage
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has investigated a number of outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with fiddleheads. The implicated ferns were eaten either raw…
LincolnHealth recently received a $150,000 gift from Spectrum Medical Group in support of the new health center project on the Miles campus, Damariscotta.
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Learn how to safely manage your diabetes at one of LincolnHealth’s free, three-part Diabetes Education Class Series. The series of classes will be offered in Boothbay Harbor in May, in Waldoboro…
Volunteers are very special people, and that is never more evident than at the LincolnHealth facilities in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.
“Over the last…
Come spend the evening with Nobleboro native and president of Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE), Paula Jackson Jones, who will share her personal journey with Lyme and tick-…
Improve your balance and reduce your risk of falling at LincolnHealth’s popular falls prevention program, “Balancing Act.” This free, four-week program will be held at the Wellness and…
On Sunday, April 30 at 4 p.m., the Midcoast Community Alliance will hold its first public event, “A Call to Action for Suicide Prevention,” in the gymnasium at the Bath Parks & Recreation…
A pancake breakfast fundraiser for the March of Dimes is planned for Saturday, April 8 from 9 to 11 am. at the Damariscotta Baptist Church. The event is hosted by…
Right on cue with the coming of spring, Heartwood Theater is holding its annual Online Vacation Property Raffle. This year’s five diverse destinations…
Restorative justice promotes fundamental change within the criminal justice system and schools by responding to…
Chase Point Assisted Living in Damariscotta is offering the second of two Alzheimer’s discussion groups, “Understanding Dementia-Related Behaviors,” with Peter Baker, LCSW, program director of the…
Thanks to a generous scholarship awarded by the St. Andrews Auxiliary, Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice (MSAHHH), nurse Samantha McLellan has achieved a prestigious certification…
LincolnHealth, the Boothbay Region YMCA, and the Central Lincoln County YMCA encourage Lincoln County residents to learn the factors for…
Aging is inevitable. At the Lincoln Home, we seek to empower seniors with information and education to age on their own terms with control over their health and well-being. Learn about maintaining…
LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the spring Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class, which begins on April 18. Becoming a CNA is a great way to begin a…
One of the most important services New Hope for Women (NHFW) provides to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking is the toll-free 24/7 Hotline.
Last year, New Hope for…
Morris Farm and Chewonki Foundation
The Morris Farm Trust and Chewonki Foundation co-sponsored this year’s community forum on food security at Chewonki on March 4. The theme was food recovery, or ways to prevent food from going…
First National Bank recently announced donations totaling $14,500 to 20 food banks in its market area. “First National Bank…
LincolnHealth
Wendy Dinsmore, RN, a South Bristol native and current nurse manager at St. Andrews Village, didn’t always know that nursing was her calling … but everyone around her did. While working at a…
Celebrate local art (and good wine) at Rising Tide! Join us Friday, March 3, from 4-6 p.m. for our monthly gallery opening and wine tasting. This month's Art at the Co-op…
St. Andrews Auxiliary
St. Andrews Auxiliary will hold its annual spring brunch on March 15 at St. Andrews Village. The Auxiliary is pleased to host Mary Hanley, community advocate for New Hope for Women (NHFW), as its…
The Homeward Bound Hospice Choir holds open rehearsals and invites all those who have an interest in joining to attend. …
For a local mother and daughter, LincolnHealth’s Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) course was the perfect opportunity to continue and begin their healthcare careers…
Helen and Bob Johnson have always had a desire to help people, so when they had an opportunity to turn that passion into a business, they decided to…
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center
If someone asked you what the deadliest illness in the country is, what would you say? Many would probably say cancer. However, they would be mistaken. The…
The American Red Cross is urging eligible donors throughout Maine to give blood or platelets following recent winter storms, which have compounded a severe winter blood shortage.…
Chase Point Assisted Living in Damariscotta is offering the second of two Alzheimer’s discussion groups, “Understanding Dementia-Related Behaviors,” with Peter Baker, LCSW, program director of the…
A well organized group benefits the recipients and givers of care in ways simple and profound. Join Lincoln Home managers Steve Raymond and Valerie Lovelace on Monday, Feb. 20, from 3 to 4 p.m.…
With National Organ Donation Day fast approaching on Feb. 14, Cove’s Edge Dietary Clinical Assistant Liz Winchenbach is reminded of the thoughtful generosity that saved her life. Like many others…
The Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery in Damariscotta presents digital photographs by Patrick Conlin from Saturday, Feb. 11 to Friday, March 17. Pat is a 14-year-old homeschooled 9th…
Prostate cancer treatment often produces unwanted side effects including issues affecting sexual intimacy. Terry Kungel, chair/CEO of the statewide all volunteer organization the Maine Coalition…
Join farmer, herbalist, and Rising Tide wellness department co-manager, Abby Lydon for a Winter Wellness Workshop this Wednesday, Feb. 8…
Known for its generosity in supporting community efforts, First National Bank has made a $100,000 pledge to help construct a new outpatient Health Care Center on the LincolnHealth-Miles Campus.…
Traditionally, healthcare was a service you used when you were sick or injured. Today, there is an increasing emphasis on wellness and prevention — one of the many…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
Wiscasset Parks and Recreations’ next Fit CLASS Challenge program gets under way in February, with an orientation and fitness testing Feb. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. followed by the first class Feb. 28.…
In keeping with their decades of support for the LincolnHealth-Miles Campus organizations, the Miles League has pledged $250,000 in support of a new outpatient Health Center. The two and a half…
LincolnHealth Director of Volunteer Services Connie Bright will discuss the many health benefits of volunteering at the Diabetes Support Group meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 1:15. The group will…
Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE) invites you to join them this Thursday, Jan. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Boothbay Community Center if you have Lyme, think you may have Lyme,…
Spectrum Generations
It's a new year and the perfect time to participate in the first monthly Advanced Professional Senior Fitness Instructor and Trainers’ "It's All About the ..." Workshop. On Jan. 27 at 9:15 a.m. at…
