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Horizons Direct Primary Care Opens in Scarborough, ME
Michelle Garcia, MD is a board certified family medicine doctor with over 10 years of experience and is the founder of Horizons Direct Primary Care. While she grew up in California, after living in Maine for 11 years, she is proud to call Maine her home. She is a graduate of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed her family medicine training at the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency in Augusta, Maine.
Subsidy losses and school hikes will raise Ashland’s mill rate
ASHLAND, Maine — Ashland’s mill rate will rise by 1.3 following a Monday vote by the town council. The group also made its first step toward replacing Town Manager Cyr Martin, who will step down from the position on Aug. 8. About 15 residents turned out for a...
WIne tasting fundraiser for Wendell Gilley Museum
NORTHEAST HARBOR — Raise a glass with the Wendell Gilley Museum. The Wendell Gilley Museum hosts Flight of Swallows — a winetasting that is one of the most important fundraisers for the Museum — on Thursday, Aug. 1 from 5:30-8 p.m.
Should This Maine Railroad Corridor Be Converted to a Recreational Trail?
The MaineDOT is asking towns from Standish over to Fryeburg for their opinions on a proposed conversion of a 31-mile section of the inactive Mountain Division Rail Corridor, to an interim use, off-road, shared-use path. The 31-mile section of the Mountain Divisio targeted for conversion runs from Johnson Field in...
Like 25% of Americans, Man In Maine Learns of His Cancer Online Then Turns to a Crowded Emergency Room for Answers
Mike Day is one of many Americans to have found out about their serious illness — in this case, incurable cancer — through an online portal. Details of his advanced stage cancer were given in the hallway of a noisy, overpacked emergency room. He died four weeks later.
New and expanded clean energy training programs in Maine
AUGUSTA -- There will be six new and expanded clean energy workforce training programs across the state. The funds are coming from the federal government. The programs will be located in Biddeford, Portland, Freeport, Augusta, Orono and Oxford Hills. Dan Burgess, the Director of the Maine Governor's Energy Office said...
Unemployment dips in Maine metro areas
Unemployment inched lower in Maine's three major urban areas in June. The federal, Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Bangor's jobless rate went from 2.7% in May to 2.6% in June. Lewiston Auburn's unemployment rate went from 2.8 to 2.7%. In Portland-South Portland, unemployment fell from 2.4% to 2.3%. The figures...
This Maine Caterpillar Will Make You Itch Like it’s Browntail Season
Back in the spring, the conversations about browntail moth caterpillars began. There were all sorts of predictions about how this season was going to fare, based on conditions over the winter, and that whole zombie virus thing. It seemed like the winter was setting us up for a big-time eradication of BTM caterpillars, but that didn't really come to fruition in the way we'd all hoped. I had the rash like three times this year.
Jimmy Fallon Enjoys Take-out at Finn’s in Ellsworth
If you were in downtown Ellsworth Saturday night and thought you saw Jimmy Fallon, you did!. Jimmy Fallon and his wife stopped into Finn's Restaurant on Main Street for some take-out! While he was there he posed for photos with the staff. And even signed a few dollar bills for...
Luxury Yacht “Kisses” Returns to Bar Harbor for 4th Year in a Row
For the 4th year in a row, the luxury yacht "Kisses" has returned to Bar Harbor. Norman Braman was the owner of the NFL Philadelphia Eagles, before selling the team to Jeffrey Lurie who bought the team in 1994 for $195 million. Braman's yacht "Kisses" was in Bar Harbor in August of 2021 and late July - early August 2022 and in 2023. She was tied up at the Bar Harbor pier on Monday and Tuesday, July 29th and 30th, 2024.
Maine teens arrested after escaping Long Creek
SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) -- Police say the two Maine teens who escaped from Long Creek Youth Development Center and carjacked a woman in South Portland have been arrested. Police say a woman was forcibly removed from her vehicle by 18-year-old Davyn Flynn of Portland and a 16-year-old boy around 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Liberty Commons apartment complex. The teens allegedly told the victim they had a weapon, but one was never shown, according to police.
Woolwich woman dead after crash in West Forks
WEST FORKS, Maine (WABI) - A couple is expected to survive after they were seriously hurt in a crash yesterday afternoon in Woolwich. It happened at the intersection of Route 1 and Road B. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office says a 75-year-old from Virginia was trying to make a left...
Mid-Coast Audubon lobster bake fundraiser in Bremen Aug. 31
Mid-Coast Audubon is hosting its annual lobster bake fundraiser at Hog Island Audubon camp in Bremen on Saturday, Aug. 31. Members of the Mid-Coast Audubon Board will display their cooking talents and be available to answer bird questions. An $85 donation covers boat transportation, a meal of a lobster, potato, and corn on the cob all baked over an open fire on the beach, plus clams, baked onion, lemonade, coffee and a special dessert, and the opportunity to explore the island before or after eating.