More than 800 people with medical or public health backgrounds have volunteered their services since Maine began preparing for the novel coronavirus in January, especially in the weeks since the virus first appeared, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More
The nurses asked the hospital’s administration to provide N95 respirators for nurses treating suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients, among other demands. Read More
Medical staff at MaineGeneral Medical Center, which has campuses in Augusta and Waterville, have enough basic surgical masks to last about one to two weeks at their current rate of usage, according to an email sent by the top hospital administrator to staff on Wednesday. Read More
The Bangor father wants to bring joy to kids who are staying home during the coronavirus pandemic. He’s practiced his performances on his son, who can still smile and laugh. Read More
The spread of the virus has left prisoners in a vulnerable, conflicted position. They are now even further cut off from others. In the past the outside world provided comfort and hope. Now it represents an imminent threat. Read More
Now that we are remote, we find ourselves in a moment of existential reckoning for public education. As teachers, we are being forced to ask ourselves: what, why and how do we teach? Read More
Chipping away at the stigma that blocks too many people addicted to drugs and their loved ones from seeking recovery options emerged as the priority Wednesday in a gathering that included three candidates for governor. Read More
Not for the first time, but in perhaps the greatest detail, the report portrays Maine in desperate need of improving its handling of juvenile cases. Read More
Three caseworkers and one manager said they continue to experience a key problem that has plagued the system in recent years: too much work for the number of staff. Read More
Maine regulators downplayed the appearance of a conflict of interest, while others said the firm’s work for both sides should raise questions about what was billed as an independent report. Read More
The Maine Public Utilities Commission paid a company $500,000 to study Maine’s electric grid, but the company should have been ineligible for the contract based on the commission’s own rules, according to interviews and a review of documents. Read More
More people are ending up in the psychiatric wing of the Maine State Prison, instead of the state’s psychiatric hospital, raising questions about due process, oversight and quality of care. But there are no other options for those who are violent and severely ill. Read More
This Thursday, the Maine Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to conclude its investigation into Central Maine Power’s metering and billing system, which the company rolled out more than two years ago. Read More
The University of Maine at Farmington fired a part-time music faculty member recently and forbade his employment elsewhere in the University of Maine System after learning he is under investigation for sexual abuse of a minor student at a New York school where he used to work. Read More
As the properties leave the program, they can lose their rental assistance, leaving tenants' fates uncertain as officials grapple with how to preserve the homes of people living in areas where there are few incentives for private development. Read More
Maine’s child protective workers are still struggling to determine during their initial investigations whether children are safe at home and, later on, whether children would be safe if they were reunified with their parents, according to a new report. Read More
As the Maine Legislature considers a bill that would have the state take over private electric companies, here's a guide to some of the issues at play. Read More
For nearly 140 years, politicians have been trying to wrestle control of power — both the kind that moves electrons and the kind that decides elections — from for-profit electric utilities. But the push has taken on a new focus as Maine and the world confront climate change. Read More
Most hospitals in Maine have at least one sexual assault forensic examiner, but currently five of the state’s 34 hospitals with emergency departments do not, according to a review by the Bangor Daily News. Read More
