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DHHS to cut Medicaid coverage for anti-smoking medications
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine appears to be the only state in the country this year to eliminate Medicaid coverage for prescription drugs that help smokers quit, a budget-balancing move critics say will ultimately cost more and leave many Mainers hooked on nicotine. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services ...
Record number of riders take part in 180-mile Trek Across Maine fundraiser
The Associated Press on June 17, 2012, at 11:31 a.m.
BELFAST, Maine — More than 2,000 bicyclists are finishing up a 180-mile three-day ride across Maine to raise money for the American Lung Association. A record number of bicyclists are taking part in this year’s Trek Across Maine, which began Friday at the Sunday River ski resort in Newry and ...
Baked bean supper to benefit Prospect community projects
on June 03, 2011, at 5:37 p.m.
PROSPECT, Maine — The Prospect Community Club is sponsoring a baked bean and casserole supper from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Prospect Community Center on the corner of Route 1A and Route 174 in Prospect. Price for supper is $6 for adults and $2 for children ...
Maine ranks 7th in protecting kids from tobacco
By Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, on Nov. 18, 2010, at 11:37 a.m.
Maine ranks 7th in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released Thursday by a coalition of public health organizations. Maine currently spends $9.9 million a year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 53.5 percent of ...
State eyes supervision of tobacco fund boost
AUGUSTA, Maine — With tobacco settlement payments on the rise and the state budget in tatters, lawmakers are looking to strengthen oversight of spending in the so-called Fund for a Healthy Maine.
More than 500 help with ground search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable
Silenced by legislators at budget talks, LePage says Mainers are being played for ‘patsies’
Family of third plane crash victim puts Knox County on notice
Emma Libby, 15, overcomes ruling to win Sport-4 race at Speedway 95
Hampden firm pokes holes in traditional boat mooring, leaving room for lobsters, crabs and other sea life
Jeffrey Nugent says his brother Ted Nugent is wrong on background checks
Maine protects a woman’s right to choose
Funding isn’t everything: Education reform takes innovation, cooperation
Strengthening the schools Maine already has
Marcus Davis wins mixed martial arts main event at NEF VII
Promise of land brought Theriault family to ‘Acadie’ in 1630s
How do I teach my kids it’s not OK to be bullied, even by family?
Custom guitar played by two members of the Beatles sells for $408,000 at auction
I cheated; now husband wants an open marriage. Is that fair?