Carrie Levine, CNM, MSN, founder of Whole Woman Health in Newcastle, is offering three complimentary talks about innovative approaches to common…
Health and Wellness
In the 30 years Mark Fourre, MD, has been an emergency physician, patients have gotten sicker, diagnoses more complex and medication lists longer.
When a…
The next Livestrong session, a free 12-week cancer survivor program at the Boothbay Region YMCA, will begin March 1.
The program will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 6 p.m.
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The public is invited to an artist's reception and wine tasting on Friday, March 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. The event will be at the Rising Tide Community Market in Damariscotta to kick off a month long…
On Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Skip Gates and a representative from the Maine Attorney General's Office will lead a discussion on…
For Your Health
When my family and I moved to Maine in 1989, one of the things I liked best about our new home was how safe we felt.
Our family had just spent four years in…
A new art exhibit by Maine artist Léa Peterson opens this week at the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery in Damariscotta. This show runs through March 18.
Petersonʼs paintings have been…
“She has given me hope that I can control my diabetes…She is amazing!” wrote one patient.
“Her bedside manner and her care and concern are off the charts!”…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice has hired Mickey Gerhard, MSN, RN as its new hospice and palliative care coordinator. Each year, Miles & St.…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
Wiscasset Community Center is proud to host another in our series of Wellness U events Feb. 20, sponsored by Lincoln County Healthcare, Ames Supply in Wiscasset, and Healthy Lincoln County.
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Do you know what to do if your pet has an emergency? Instructor Bobby Silcott will be presenting an American Red Cross Pet First Aid/CPR class at The Animal House on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.
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One of the first things Joyce Burr did after she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2003 was to sign up for diabetes education classes at the…
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) students can now earn while they learn as part of an innovative new apprenticeship program offered by LincolnHealth and Pen Bay Medical Center.…
The Central Lincoln County YMCA and Boothbay Region YMCA held a joint board and staff retreat hosted at Camp Kieve on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
The three primary goals of the meeting were to…
On Friday, Feb. 12, celebrate the Great Maine Outdoor Weekend with a joint Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) and Damariscotta River Association (DRA) hike at PWA’s La Verna Preserve in Bristol…
This February, Lincoln County Dental, Inc. (LCD) invites the community to “Have a Heart: Gift A Smile” by making a donation anytime throughout the month. Your contribution could…
Lincoln Academy anatomy and physiology students are learning how to splint a broken leg with a life preserver and “unpretzel” a skiing accident victim as part of an unusual anatomy…
Valerie Smith’s journey to medical school began in an ambulance at the beginning of her junior year at the University of Maine at Orono.
A friend had talked…
In 2014, Juliette and Ronald Cohen started their new business, Above and Beyond Scheduling.
“We act as a liaison between clients and caregivers,” Cohen said. “Patients need help to be in…
The March of Dimes will be hosting an informational session on registering and fundraising for the annual March for Babies walks throughout the state this spring. The meeting will be held in the…
2015 was an amazing year for the Ecumenical Food Pantry (EFP) in Newcastle. Most amazing was a gift of more vital space for storage. The Second Congregational…
This winter, LincolnHealth and other MaineHealth facilities are participating in Food Fight!, a battle of fruit and vegetable recipes.
Food Fight! is a way to highlight healthy eating by…
On February 16, 17 and 18, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice will offer a hospice…
Kevin Mannix. This man's name is synonymous with the weather for Mainers. Mannix was the WCSH Channel 6 weather forecaster for 26 years. Always smiling, always so personable during every TV…
LincolnHealth Occupational Therapist Megan McCartney, MS, OTR will discuss how to improve cognition and memory at the Jan. 27 meeting of the LincolnHealth Diabetes Support Group.…
LincolnHealth’s first baby of 2016, was born Jan. 4 at 11:43 a.m. just one door down from the room where his sister Anastasia arrived 15 months earlier.
Lev…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice today announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2015 HomeCare Elite™. Winners are ranked through an…
With the opening of the new 12-bed Zimmerli Pavilion slated for early 2016, St. Andrews Village Director of Nursing Cathryn Rayle, RN, is looking for registered nurses, certified…
LincolnHealth, 5-2-1-0 Let’s Go! Lincoln County and Healthy Lincoln County, with the support of many local businesses, non-profits and…
Susan Gallagher, yoga instructor, is offering two hour yoga events on Jan. 1. The first will be a Seated Yoga at 9:30 a.m., with a Mat Yoga at 11 a.m. in St. Philip’s hall at 12 Hodge St. in…
One of the benefits of being a primary care physician is the chance to work with people over the long term, said Dr. Michael Romac.
Relationships built over…
For the second time in two years, state inspectors found no deficiencies during an unannounced inspection of the Gregory Wing at St. Andrews Village.
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A LincolnHealth emergency department nurse who began nursing school when he was 38 received the hospital’s first DAISY Award Thursday, Dec. 3.
Eric Duffy, RN…
Mainers regularly go the extra mile to help others: a couple revives a man who suffers a heart attack; a cancer patient promotes blood drives to help others; a…
Everyone is invited to an open house Friday Dec. 11, 9 -11:30 a.m. on the ground floor of the Lincoln Medical Partners Family Care Center celebrating the opening of a new dental…
For the fourth time in five years, the Leapfrog Group has named LincolnHealth to its annual list of Top Rural Hospitals in the United States. LincolnHealth was one…
Beginning Jan. 4 through June 4, Wiscasset Ambulance Service will be hosting a basic EMT course in the Wiscasset municipal building. Registration is under way now and the class size is limited to…
Not long after Nancy Jackson, RN, became manager of the LincolnHealth Emergency Department this September, she got a card from the grateful mother…
Patients needing CT scans at the LincolnHealth –Miles Campus in December may need to use a temporary mobile system (similar to the mobile MRI unit currently in use…
While the drug problem in Maine dominates headlines, Republicans on the Legislative Council on Thursday rejected a measure to fight addiction where…
Veterans Day here on the peninsula was great day and the display of appreciation for our veterans, of which I am one, is very much appreciated. It was a day to remind many veterans that they took…
On a sunny fall afternoon a couple of weeks ago in Damariscotta, ElderCare Network administrators invited all ElderCare Network employees to gather in the community room at Hodgdon…
Donate a new and unwrapped toy and bring the joy of the holidays to a local child in need. Toys for Tots drop-off locations are located across Knox, Lincoln, and…
Lincoln Medical Partners General Surgeon Samira Hasan, DO, can’t remember a time she didn’t want to be a doctor, but it wasn’t until medical school that she set her sights on…
Most often, when Megan McCartney or Wanda Wilcox has a conversation with somebody about dementia, that conversation is the result of a crisis.
Sometimes the…
In high school, Nate Pineau was drawn to helping professions and after graduating he began a career in criminal justice.
…Join the new Community Green Team for a free informational about the practical use of essential oils and toxin free cleaners. Our team is compiled of locals who are tired of the…
This past Sunday afternoon, 95 volunteers from the Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Clubs packaged 30,000 meals for needy families…
This week, just before attending training on trip and fall prevention, the Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice team took a few moments out of their…
Kathryn Young is a licensed denturist who practices in Damariscotta. Through life experiences and 21 years in the dental profession, Young feels called to help senior citizens with…
