Maine Medical Center is partnering with a New Hampshire hospital on a $3.9 million initiative that will give Maine patients access to clinical research trials for certain cardiac surgeries. Roughly 200 Maine cardiac patients will get to participate in national research trials over the next seven years through a $3.9 million grant from the National […]
2019
Posted inMaine, News
Community grieves for Rumford boy, 6, killed in school bus collision
So far, there is no indication that the driver of the school bus, a 51-year-old Dixfield man, was at fault in the crash, police said.
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Reduced Scarborough budget gets chilly response
SCARBOROUGH — With less than two weeks until budget approval is expected, residents expressed discontent about the spending plan in a May 1 Town Council public hearing. The criticism came after the $70 million school and municipal budget proposed for fiscal year 2020 by Town Manager Tom Hall and Superintendent of Schools Julie Kukenberger was reduced […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Editorial: There’s got to be a better way
We’re willing to bet that Bath Police Department has some really nice holding cells. We only say this because every time a new warship is christened at Bath Iron Works, protesters descend upon downtown Bath, many with the aim of getting arrested. Such was the case again last weekend shortly before the christening of the future […]
Posted inTimes Record
Loss of funding cripples 3 Midcoast school districts’ efforts to cope with spike in homeless students
BRUNSWICK — In 2007, Greg Bartlett, Brunswick’s assistant school superintendent, worked with six homeless students in Brunswick. By January 2019, that number had skyrocketed to 76. Within another four months, it swelled to nearly 100. In neighboring Maine School Administrative District 75, which serves the Topsham area and the Bath-area Regional School Unit 1, the […]
Posted inTimes Record
Lewiston police officer died from fentanyl overdose
LEWISTON — A Lewiston police officer died in February of an accidental opioid overdose. The cause of death of Nicholas Meserve, 34, died from acute fentanyl intoxication, according to a news release from police Chief Brian T. O’Malley. He said an investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the cause and manner […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review
Review: Alvin Ailey dance troupe shows group strength in genre-spanning show
The sold-out performance was Wednesday at Merrill Auditorium.
Posted inMaine, News
Lewiston police officer found dead in February died from fentanyl overdose
Nicholas Meserve died in his Lewiston home. It was reported then as a result of an underlying medical condition.
Posted inTimes Record
Maine briefs: Police: 1 killed, 1 injured in crash in Pembroke; Bill for terminally ill to get life-ending meds moves ahead
Police: 1 killed, 1 injured in crash in Pembroke PEMBROKE, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police say a pickup truck towing a trailer went out of control and crashed into a tree in Pembroke, killing the driver and seriously injuring his passenger. Officials say 35-year-old Michael Kilby, of Edmunds, was killed and 40-year-old Matthew Seeley, also of […]
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14 years ago: Our 2005 story on Dustin Pedroia’s debut with the Sea Dogs
The Red Sox second baseman returns to Hadlock Field tonight on an injury rehab assignment, but 14 years ago he was a 21-year-old on a fast track to the major leagues.