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Medical Students Getting Their Start at Cary Medical
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - There is a real need for doctors in rural communities. Folks at Tufts University are teaching their students the importance of serving these communities by sending them to work alongside doctors in different hospitals in Maine, including here in the County. News Source 8 Reporter Megan Waceken spoke with one of the hospitals training students.
Win Prizes in Maine for Reading This Summer
BINGO! or rather, "Book Bingo!" How fun is this?! The Newport Cultural Center Public Library and Historical Society Museum is kicking off their summer reading program beginning July 1st. Age Requirements and Other Details for This Maine Reading Program. This is NOT exclusively for children and students. There will be...
Unhoused people, advocates put a face to Maine’s homelessness crisis
“There’s all different kinds of homelessness,” said Eric Brewer, addressing a small crowd of advocates and unhoused people who gathered in Tommy’s Park in Portland on Tuesday. People tend to stereotype those who are unhoused, he continued, but this population includes folks who are couch surfing, staying with a relative for a while or in […] The post Unhoused people, advocates put a face to Maine’s homelessness crisis appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Steiner Shipyard Delivers New Ferry for Maine DOT
Bayou la Batre, Ala. shipbuilder Steiner Shipyard reports it has delivered a new ferry for the Maine Department of Transportation. The 104-foot passenger/vehicle ferry, named Charles Norman Shay, arrived to the ferry dock in Rockland, Maine on June 7. The newbuild was designed by Gilbert Associates with capacity to carry...
Maine brew pub spotlighted by 'America's Best Restaurants'
WINTHROP, Maine — A restaurant in Winthrop is getting national attention after being named one of the best in the country. Producers of the website and YouTube series "America's Best Restaurants" visited The White Duck Brew Pub after it was nominated by customers. Veteran and quadruple amputee Travis Mills...
Money for life! Maine Lottery announces big winners
MAINE (WABI) - Players won some big money playing the Maine Lottery in May. The lottery announced Monday that Richard Crossman, of Topsham, won half a million dollars playing the Money Maker Game. He bought his winning scratch ticket at Gibbs Oil in Topsham. There were two winners in the...
Countless birds die each year flying into windows. This group is doing something about it.
PORTLAND, Maine — The numbers are staggering. According to statistics cited by Maine Audubon, nearly a billion birds in the U.S. are killed each year when they crash into windows. "Birds don’t know what windows are," Nick Lund of Maine Audubon said. "If you think about it, windows are...
UMVA Animates the Waldo Theatre with “Life is a Carnival”
(Portland, ME) “Life is a Carnival: from the Figurative to the Abstract”, a UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) art exhibit opens at the Waldo Theatre on July 6 and runs through August 4, 2024. More than a dozen artists will show prints, photography, paintings and more in the spirit of one of the UMVA founders, Carlo Pittore, with some of Pittore’s work included in the exhibition as well.
Maine, New Hampshire, Has Had Two Tornado-Related Deaths Since 1950
First thing on Sunday morning, June 23, 2024, the National Weather Service out of Gray, Maine, issued a tornado watch for both Maine and New Hampshire, with predictions of the tornado-causing impact to hit more in the evening hours. While no tornado activity was reported in Maine, outside of just...
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