For the sixth consecutive year, the New York-based clothing design company, Eileen Fisher, hosted a special sale to benefit New Hope for Women (NHFW), the domestic…
Health and Wellness
Providing high quality therapy as soon as a developmental issue is identified can greatly improve a child’s chances for success, according to the…
Recently, LincolnHealth Occupational Therapist Megan McCartney referred a patient who was showing signs of cognitive decline to a physician, who diagnosed a problem with her…
In 1996, Jim Merchant moved from Iowa, where he was a high school and college basketball coachback to his hometown in Fairhaven, Mass. to care for…
Over 45 people who care about fuel assistance and meeting the needs of people at risk during the winter gathered at United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual Heating and Supplemental Assistance…
On the midsummer day when Kenyan artist Irene Wanjiru arrived in Southport to begin her 10-week residency, she didn’t picture her closing exhibition taking place in wintery conditions. But nature…
Healthy Lincoln County has received a grant for $125,000 per year for up to five years to prevent youth substance abuse in Lincoln County communities. This is one of 697 Drug-Free…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center will be offering a movement workshop for actors on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. This workshop, taught by choreographer Ashley Steeves of Resurgence Dance…
Paintings by East Boothbay artist Carlton Plummer and Bath-based artist Sandy Crabtree have been selected as Pine Tree Society’s 2015 Holiday Cards. Since 1969, the holiday cards have been a…
Patti Corscaden, LMT, a nationally board certified massage therapist from Newcastle presented at the Southern Maine Oncology Nursing Society's (SMONS) 6th annual conference in Portland on October…
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth A. Dale was recently recognized by the hospice team of Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice for his exemplary work as a hospice…
The Good Shepherd Food Mobile will be in Boothbay Harbor on the following dates: Thursday, Oct. 22 from 10-11:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 1-2:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 1:30-3 p.m.…
The iconic Bluebird Café of Nashville, the venue where Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Josh Turner Kathy Mattea, Taylor Swift and many more got their start,…
For Your Health
Like most professions, there are plenty of stereotypes about physicians. For emergency physicians, the stereotype is adrenalin junky.
There is some truth to this. Emergency physicians must…
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Helen never expected she would be a victim of domestic violence. But she was.
Helen (a pseudonym) is no longer a victim of domestic violence. She is a survivor.
But it was a harrowing…
A quilt raffle to benefit the American Cancer Society will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ames True Value in Wiscasset.
Members of Beta Rho chapter of Beta Sigma…
For Timea Hajdu and Edward Eichler, having their second child at the Miles Campus of LincolnHealth was worth a trip halfway around the world.…
The leaves are turning red and gold, and orange pumpkins line the streets of the Twin Villages, but now is the time to think pink.
…
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
A purple display in Wiscasset, and all others like it, often appear in prominent locations in Maine towns at different times of the year.
During October, purple displays are for National…
Healthy Kids
Childhood sexual abuse is pervasive in our communities. Stories appear regularly in our local papers about arrests made right here in Lincoln County. Statistics report one in three girls and one…
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM) is excited to announce Yoga for Survivors, a trauma sensitive yoga based support group for female…
Certified Nurse Midwife Stacey Rees was in a Ph.D. program in comparative literature at Princeton University when she realized, early one morning, that she wanted a more hands-on…
Nine community members recently completed Miles and St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice Patient Volunteer class of 2015.
The purpose of the 20-hour hospice volunteer training is to prepare…
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
In this newspaper’s continuing commitment to highlight National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October, here are 13 ways to stand against domestic violence.
13. Educate yourself. Read as…
Nursing homes are the most highly regulated industry in Maine, with everything from the distance between beds and windows to what items can be laundered together specified and…
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
The Boothbay Register's…
Lisa Evans and Tim Smith have been growing microgreens in their greenhouse in Roslindale, Massachusetts, since January, ever since Evans…
The same doctors and nurses will treat patients. The same staff will greet people at LincolnHealth Hospital and Lincoln Medical Partners practices, but over the next year, the name of the parent…
For Your Health
Diagnosis for physicians is a matter of education and experience.
One of the easiest…
There is now an easy way for LincolnHealth patients to recognize the great care they received from the LH nursing staff.
…
Thanks to a grant from the United Way, ElderCare Network residents have been able to participate in the Therapeutic Horticultural class led by Irene Brady Barber at the Coastal Maine Botanical…
Kathryn Young, LD, of Lincoln County Dental Inc., will discuss dental health and how it relates to diabetes at the next LincolnHealth Diabetes Support Group Meeting.
…As 55 million children across the country begin heading back to school, AAA urges motorists to slow down and stay alert in neighborhoods and school zones, and to be…
A sailboat motored its way through pea soup fog into Boothbay Harbor at around 4 p.m. on Aug. 20. On board were the captain, three crew members, two of them in…
Come join Dr. Sarah Ackerly, ND, Northern Sun Family Healthcare from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, for an informative discussion about tick bites as she speaks at Midcoast Lyme Disease Support…
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) honored 21 midwives who have demonstrated leadership, clinical excellence, outstanding scholarship, and professional achievement both within and…
Lincoln County Dental elected Carolyn Maunz to its board of directors at the July 2015 meeting. Maunz has been a resident of South Bristol since 1999.
Maunz brings to Lincoln County Dental…
On Tuesday, Aug. 25, the Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE) will be holding its Wiscasset Lyme support meeting at the Wiscasset Municipal Building (police/fire station) in the…
A desire to learn more about the body and how it heals led Dr. Catherine Cavanaugh to medical school after an undergraduate degree in biomedical…
What is the latest weapon available in the fight against cancer? For women participating in the Look Good, Feel Better program, the weapon of choice is a makeup brush. The program offers support…
Aubrey Martin believes in vaccinations, but it wasn’t until her youngest began to have seizures when she was just an infant that Martin realized how important it is that all…
Diseases with unfamiliar names like anaplasmosis and babesiosis are a growing health threat in Lincoln County, causing people to be hospitalized with severe flu-like symptoms as the Midcoast area…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Remember how much fun coloring was when you were a kid?
Do you ever just sit down and color now? Would you like to?
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, the Boothbay…
Did you know tooth decay is the most common childhood disease? Five times more common than asthma, 60 percent of children have experience with cavities before the age of five. Annually, 51 million…
Nearing the end of life can be a fearful and lonely time and often the best medicine doesn’t come from a bottle. It comes from friendship. Hospice volunteers from Miles and…
The Lincoln Home is offering two levels of “Gentle Yoga” classes to the public. Yoga is wonderful for maintaining strength and mobility as you age, and teacher Lynn…
High quality scores at LincolnHealth, including a five-star rating from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, starts with a close…
Anna Jansen just wants to make bread, and she hopes people will buy it.
A classically trained chef and baker, Jansen graduated first…
Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist Mark Delmar, of the Hanger Clinic in Augusta, will join the LincolnHealth Diabetes Support Group for their July 22 meeting to discuss foot care for…
