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The Maine Camping and Outdoor Recreation Guide, featuring member campgrounds of MECOA (the Maine Campground Owners Association), Maine RV dealers, and more.

Maine Camping and Outdoor Recreation Guide – MECOA 2012

on May 24, 2012, at 12:01 a.m.
The Maine Camping and Outdoor Recreation Guide, featuring member campgrounds of MECOA (the Maine Campground Owners Association), Maine RV dealers, and more.

Maine EMS Week 2012

on May 18, 2012, at 12:13 p.m.
May 21-25 is EMS Week and in Maine that means celebrating the men and women who make up the emergency medical services profession. Learn about what EMS means in Maine and what people are doing to keep their neighbors safe.
Stories about Maine's trucking industry and its highways

On the move: Saluting Maine’s trucking industry

on May 18, 2012, at 10:24 a.m.
Stories about Maine's trucking industry and its highways.
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The Waldo-Hancock Bridge, which stands beside the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, is scheduled to be demolished starting in late summer 2012. Most demolition work will take place next fall and winter.

Venerable bridge comes down this fall

By Brian Swartz, Custom Publications Editor on May 16, 2012, at 3:19 p.m.
The venerable Waldo-Hancock Bridge will come down this fall and winter as the Maine Department of Transportation finally demolishes a span that has become an eyesore in the lower Penobscot Valley. The MDOT will request bids within the next several weeks and will budget $7.6 million to remove the rusting ...
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Cory Thibodeau is the career services administrator at Northeast Technical Institute, which offers CDL training programs in Bangor and Scarborough.

Drivers wanted: a strong demand exists for commercial trucks

By Brian Swartz, Custom Publications Editor on May 16, 2012, at 2:52 p.m.
Unemployment may remain high in many job sectors, but not in commercial truck driving. In fact, aspiring truckers often receive job offers before completing a comprehensive CDL program at Northeast Technical Institute, according to Career Services Administrator Cory Thibodeau. “Right now there are 400,000-plus openings for CDLs” nationwide, he said, ...
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In May 2012, signs warn motorists northbound on southern portions of the Maine Turnpike to use Exit 52 to avoid traffic delays caused by repairs being done to 13 bridges and overpasses on Interstate-295 in South Portland and Portland.

Ambitious project targets 13 bridges, overpasses in Portland area

By Brian Swartz, Custom Publications Editor on May 16, 2012, at 2:41 p.m.
Thirteen bridges and overpasses between Exits 1 and 8 on Interstate 295 are receiving extra special attention from the Maine Department of Transportation this year. Dubbed the I-295 Northbound Project, the $7.9-million endeavor entails a complicated series of lane/ramp closures along the highway’s northbound lanes. Unlike the nearby $63 million ...
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An east-bound tractor hauling a chip van stops at the intersection of Routes 9 and 46 in East Eddington.

Insurance agent discusses the coverages needed by truck owners

By Brian Swartz, Custom Publications Editor on May 16, 2012, at 2:35 p.m.
Insurance lets a commercial truck roll. Before a big rig ever leaves a yard, the truck, its contents, and driver should be insured, according to Pat LaVoie, a licensed insurance agent and the chief operating officer at the Varney Agency. The risks associated with not insuring or underinsuring a commercial ...
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Maine businesses face a Jan. 1, 2013 narrowbanding deadline

By Custom Publications Staff on May 16, 2012, at 2:17 p.m.
The countdown clock is ticking for two-way-radio users: The Federal Communications Commission has mandated that on Jan. 1, 2013, such radios must operate on narrowband frequencies. Anyone caught using a wideband frequency after that date could face hefty fines. The FCC mandated in December 2004 that two-way-radio frequencies must change ...

BDN Perspective 2012: Health

on May 15, 2012, at 9:53 a.m.
Perspective 2012: Health edition focuses on healthcare, health-related topics, and wellness in Maine.
SBA's 2012 Maine award winners

A Salute to Small Business

on May 14, 2012, at 9:57 a.m.
The Bangor Daily News salutes the 2012 winners of the Small Business Administration's award winners: Mike Cote, Look's Gourmet Food, Small Business Person of the Year; Howell Laboratories, Small Business Exporter of the Year; Key4Women, Women in Business Champion; Kate & Steve Shaffer, Black Dinah Chocolatiers, Home-Based Business Champions; Harold Clossey, Sunrise County Economic Council, Financial Services Champion (for Maine and New England); Scott Robinett, Maine Small Business Development Corporation, Veteran Small Business Champion; and Patricia Rice, Bangor SCORE, Minority Small Business Champion.
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In September 2003, Hunter Burke (left) was diagnosed with atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), an extremely rare disease. He died in May 2008 from complications that arose during an attempted kidney-liver transplant at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. Ten months later, his younger brother Skyler (right) was also diagnosed with an active case of aHUS. He has been treated with the experimental drug Soliris; Skyler is supposedly the third aHUS patient in the world to be treated with with Soliris, and currently his lab tests show no sign of disease activity.

New drug benefits Maine boy suffering from rare disease

By Elizabeth Webster on May 11, 2012, at 3:16 p.m.
Linda Burke recalls exactly when her family’s idyllic life came to a screeching halt: Sept. 30, 2003. Burke and her husband, Brad, were parents to 10-month-old Hunter and were enjoying life with their new son. That fateful day, the Cape Elizabeth couple brought Hunter to Maine Medical Center in Portland ...
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Dr. Guy Nuki is the regional medical director for the Brunswick-based BlueWater Emergency Partners, which recently contracted with Calais Regional Hospital to staff the hospital’s Emergency Department with skilled emergency physicians.

Skilled emergency physicians at Calais hospital are involved in the community

By Brian Swartz, Custom Publications Editor on May 11, 2012, at 3:11 p.m.
CALAIS — A partnership between Calais Regional Hospital and BlueWater Emergency Partners has paid extensive dividends for patients visiting the hospital’s Emergency Department. Last year, the hospital and BlueWater established a partnership to staff the CRH Emergency Department with skilled emergency physicians. “BlueWater committed to joining the CRH family in ...
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Among the Maine non-profits with which Bar Harbor Trust Services has worked is the Maine Coast Healthcare Foundation, which raises funds to support the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth.

Bar Harbor Trust Services assists non-profits with planned giving

By Brian Swartz, Custom Publications Editor on May 11, 2012, at 3:07 p.m.
Bar Harbor Trust Services helps Maine non-profits attract planned gifts. “Fundraising is becoming critical for non-profit organizations,” said Joe Pratt, Managing Director and Trust Officer at Bar Harbor Trust Services. “The tough economy has made it even more important for charities to find new ways to attract donor support. Most ...
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From her office in Belfast, speech language pathologist Erica Ricker works with a man suffering from Parkinson’s symptoms. Her patient is at his home in Southwest Harbor.

Waldo County General Hospital speech department ears major accreditation

By Waldo County General Hospital on May 11, 2012, at 3:04 p.m.
The speech pathology department at Waldo County General Hospital has received Training Program Accreditation from the American Telemedicine Association — and is only the fourth institution in the United States to receive that accreditation. But there is one big difference between the other three institutions and WCGH’s speech pathology department: ...
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In late April, Marie Arnberg, L.Ac., works with a patient at Arnberg’s DownEast Community Acupuncture, a community clinic on Verona Island.

Acupuncture is a holistic medical treatment

By E. Marie Arnberg, L.Ac and Lea Elliott, L.Ac on May 10, 2012, at 4:16 p.m.
What is acupuncture and how could it help you? An increasing number of Americans looking for alternatives to conventional medicine and/or pharmaceuticals are turning to this ancient Chinese practice. A 2009 study by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which is part of the National Institute of Health, ...
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Spencer Pelkey will graduate from the University of Maine School of Nursing this month. Also an Army ROTC cadet, he was commissioned an Army second lieutenant on May 4. He wants to become an ICU nurse in the Army.

UMaine nursing students take the classroom into the real world

By Debra Bell, Custom Publications Writer on May 10, 2012, at 4:11 p.m.
Students from all disciplines are expected to take their classroom lessons into the real world — but none more so than nursing students. That’s why prospective nurses choose the University of Maine’s School of Nursing. In fact, UMaine has a trifecta effect that is setting its nursing program apart. Educators ...
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With the guidance of experienced faculty members, students enrolled in the Husson University School of Pharmacy learn about the many aspects of pharmacology.

Husson School of Pharmacy offers the right prescription for an education

By Debra L. Bell, Custom Publications Writer on May 10, 2012, at 3:55 p.m.
Think being a pharmacist is “just counting pills”? Think again, because today’s pharmacist is an advisor and a caregiver who helps patients learn about the medicine they are taking. In addition, students in Husson University’s School of Pharmacy know that they are entrusted with a sacred oath: To be a ...
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Gerald Rosenberg (left) and Craige Williamson in the lobby of Maine Coast Hand & Shoulder. The doctors are sub-specialists in a narrow field, but managed to connect in Ellsworth at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, and have been serving Mainers from across Eastern and Northern Maine who might otherwise have gone to Portland or Boston for specialized hand and shoulder treatments.

Hand and shoulder patients benefit from MCMH’s pair of sub-specialists

By David M. Fitzpatrick, Custom Publications Writer on May 10, 2012, at 3:51 p.m.
What are the odds of two orthopedic surgeons who are sub-specialists in hand and shoulder — a sub-specialty not common around here — finding themselves as partners in a community hospital on the Maine coast? Apparently, 100 percent. After a meeting born of a suggestion on a hiking trail, Dr. ...
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Health-care leaders prepare for the challenges and reforms that await the industry.

Health care symposium at Saint Joseph’s College to draw national experts

By Alana Conn and Charmaine Daniels on May 10, 2012, at 3:46 p.m.
More than 20 of the nation’s pre-eminent health care experts will invigorate the Saint Joseph’s College’s Fifth Annual Health Care Symposium in July. The program, titled “Health Care’s Future: Realizing the Promise” in celebration of the college’s Centennial anniversary, will cover topics ranging from health-care reform and ethics to traumatic ...

Perspective 2012: Business Edition

on April 26, 2012, at 12:17 p.m.
Part two of the Bangor Daily News annual perspective edition focuses on business, banking, and economic development in Maine. Read about what Maine businesses are doing, what the economic climate is like in Maine, and much more.
 
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