High schools from York to Caribou are bringing the bold, survivor-powered outreach of Finding Our Voices to their students starting in February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention…
Health and Wellness
LincolnHealth reported 88 new COVID-19 cases from 528 tests for the week of Jan. 31. With testing and positive numbers continuing to drop, the positivity rate remains stable at 16.66%.…
LincolnHealth reported 118 new COVID-19 cases from 696 tests for the week of Jan. 24. The data signifies a break in record-setting trends over the past several weeks. Positivity rates also dropped…
LincolnHealth is once again offering its Parkinson’s disease Support Group. Alex DeRosia, DPT from LincolnHealth’s Wellness Team will facilitate the group, which meets the first Thursday of the…
LincolnHealth reported 273 new COVID-19 cases from 1,037 cases for the week of Jan. 17. With fewer tests and positive results than the previous week, the positivity rate still rose to a record 26.…
This is a reminder that COVID-19 tests are now available from the U. S. government. Every U.S. home is eligible for four free tests. These are the rapid antigen tests, also called the “at home…
LincolnHealth reported a record 283 new COVID-19 cases from 1,144 tests for the week of Jan. 10. The positivity rate also rose to a record 24.7%, though compared to the previous week’s report –…
The Inn Along the Way is hosting a “Seasonal Conversation Circle” series. The second of three, in our season of sharing challenging…
Starting in February, Healthy Lincoln County in collaboration with The Congregational Church of Bristol will be offering support for grandparents raising grandchildren. The group titled “Our…
Good Shepherd Food Bank
Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s largest hunger relief organization, is launching NutritionForME.org, a one-stop online resource to find simple, nutritious, and easy-to-make recipes using everyday…
Winter in the woods can be a really great time for getting to know trees. Many, of course, have lost their leaves - but that can make it even easier to focus on some of their…
Anyone who has been personally affected by the struggles, or even death of a loved one addicted to drugs, knows this is an enormous problem nationwide and in our own communities in Midcoast Maine…
LincolnHealth reported a record 277 new COVID-19 cases from 1,146 tests for the week of Jan. 3. The positivity rate also rose to its highest yet, 24.2%. Over half of the cases were breakthroughs,…
Press release
In its Dec. 21 deliberation on the fate of electromechanical or analog opt-out electric meters, three Maine Public Utilities Commissioners were unanimous in their rejection of a 2011 Commission…
Downward facing dog, happy baby, child’s pose, high dragon, cobra pose: These are but a few of the poses struck during yoga classes all over the world. Practiced for centuries, its health benefits…
The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. Dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a concerning risk to patient care and…
Healthy new year fitness options
Name a popular New Year resolution. Lose weight! Exercise! Eat healthier! Get more sleep! Survey says … all of these as well as improving fitness and saving money. Look up New Year resolutions on…
A strong mid-January cold front is moving into the area, causing temperatures to drop into the single digits and below zero from now through Tuesday morning, according to the US National Weather…
LincolnHealth has made changes to its booster clinic schedule and expanded vaccine eligibility in the hope more individuals age 12 and up will receive this extra layer of protection against COVID-…
MaineHealth
Community members can help mitigate the impact of a sharp increase in cases that is further straining the health care system’s resources. Find information on MaineHealth’s vaccination clinics at…
Community members who test positive for COVID-19 with at-home tests should follow CDC guidelines for isolation and should not come to the emergency department, urgent care or walk-in clinics for…
Diabetes Support Group
A member of the LincolnHealth Wellness team will discuss …
No Tobacco '22/American Lung Association
AUGUSTA — Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year’s resolution lists. Quitting tobacco isn’t easy, but 50 million ex-smokers in the United…
LincolnHealth reported a record 221 COVID-19 cases from 1,174 tests for the week of Dec. 27. The positivity rate was 18.8%, over 11% more than 2021’s 7.3% average. There were also a record 126…
now offering boosters to those ages 12 and older
MaineHealth is responding to an increase in demand for both booster shots and first dose vaccinations in southern Maine by opening a temporary high-volume vaccine clinic at 110…
As we approach year’s end and get ready for 2022, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is encouraging individuals to make a New Year’s resolution to get a memory screening. AFA offers free…
LincolnHealth reported 122 positive COVID-19 cases out of 855 tests for the week of Dec. 20. The positivity rate was 15.78%, down from 19.64% the previous week, and tests were at their highest…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced today that, due to a generous grant from Northeast Delta Dental, the Maine Veterans’ Dental Network (MVDN) will resume its dental services in the New Year…
The Maine Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Maine) releases two supportive resource guides for families and individuals impacted by mental illness. During a time…
Maine Medical Center (MMC) said a grateful goodbye Dec. 23 to 15 medical professionals from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The State of Maine and FEMA requested the HHS…
Walking trails, bicycle paths and other improvements are under consideration
Sue Ellen Bordwell rarely saw another bicyclist during her commute on Route 1 from Yarmouth to the University of Southern Maine in the 1990s.
“Then one day there had been this little…
LincolnHealth reported a record 151 COVID-19 cases from 769 tests for the week of Dec. 13. The positivity rate also rose to a record high of 19.64%. Breakthrough cases, those who have been…
In order to allow team members to spend time with family and loved ones during the holiday season, the Urgent Care Center on the St. Andrews campus in Boothbay Harbor will be closed and Saturday,…
Starting this holiday season, the Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office along with the Waldoboro, Damariscotta, and Wiscasset Police Departments will be taking part in a Designated Driver Initiative in…
LincolnHealth reported 114 new COVID-19 cases from 840 tests for the week of Dec. 6. Cases were at their highest in a single week and the positivity rate, 13.6%, was second highest behind the…
On Dec. 17, students from Lincoln Academy, along with Damariscotta Police Department, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the CLC YMCA, and substance use prevention coordinators from Healthy…
LincolnHealth’s Respiratory Care Clinic, the current site for by-…
You did it! In early August 2021, our board thought we were going to have to close the Boothbay Region Health Center due to a cash flow crunch and a shortfall in donations of $110,000. As we hoped…
Orono, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about growing…
LincolnHealth reported a record 90 new COVID-19 cases from 636 tests for the week of Nov. 29. The data represents a record positivity rate of 14.2%. Breakthrough cases, those who have been…
LincolnHealth continues to distinguish itself when it comes to patient safety and high quality care.
For the ninth time in 11 years, LincolnHealth was named a Top Rural Hospital by the…
As president and co-founder of Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE, www.mldse.org), I want to say it's been an…
LincolnHealth reported 79 new cases of COVID-19 from 746 tests for the week of Nov. 15 and 72 new cases from 549 tests for the week of Nov. 22. With a significant dip in tests and modest dip in…
Recognizing that many people struggle with depression during the holidays and winter months, NAMI Maine offers several online and in-person support groups for people…
As the holiday season approaches during the state’s worst surge of COVID-19, Maine health experts say testing is one of a variety of ways to stay safe, but rapid at-home tests remain expensive and…
Community Catalyst for Good
You may be hearing a lot about “GivingTuesday,” which is a global day of generosity and takes place next Tuesday, Nov.b30. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages…
Boothbay Region Health Center's Virtual Auction continues until Tuesday, Nov. 30 (Giving Tuesday) at 6 p.m. To see what's on offer or to place a bid, go to CharityAuctionsToday.com and type…
LincolnHealth reported 74 new COVID-19 cases from 610 tests for the week of Nov. 8. The data makes for the highest positivity rate over a single week, 12.1%, and the second most cases since the…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday that, effective immediately, all Maine adults age 18 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, regardless of underlying medical…
LincolnHealth
LincolnHealth reported 55 new COVID-19 cases from 564 tests for the week of Nov. 1. The 9.8% positivity rate is the highest this year with the most cases since mid-September. Thirteen cases were…
