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A shot of J&J and a cuppa joe: Portland diner serves up vaccine, comfort food
Updated: May 28, 2021Mass vaccination sites are closing, but smaller pop-up ones continue to inoculate Mainers against COVID-19. Becky's Diner, a popular waterfront eatery, is hosting a clinic next week.
Updated: May 28, 2021
Mills unveils plan to defray health insurance costs for small businesses
Updated: May 28, 2021Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday unveiled a proposal to help Maine small businesses defray health insurance costs for their employees as premiums rise.
Updated: May 28, 2021Franklin County health care group receives $800K federal grant to expand outreach
May 27, 2021The funding, to be administered over four years, will allow Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County to expand community health services for underserved, isolated and vulnerable people.
May 27, 2021
Bangor nursing home to be acquired by Catholic health system in Massachusetts
Updated: May 26, 2021Bangor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 60-bed facility whose roots go back to 1828, would join a 15-facility health care system with $745 million in annual revenues.
Updated: May 26, 2021
Dental practice breaks ground in FirstPark after year's delay
May 24, 2021Waterville dentist Anna O'Keefe is the first business to break ground in the Oakland commerce and technology park this year, and she will double the size of her practice when she moves this fall after a year's delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 24, 2021
Portland entrepreneur wins national award as growing startup readies product launch
Updated: May 19, 2021Justin Hafner, co-founder and CEO of Kinotek Inc., is the first Maine business leader to be chosen for the Front Office Sports Rising 25 Awards, which recognizes the country's top young movers and shakers in the sports industry.
Updated: May 19, 2021
UMaine prof looks to boost local production of environmentally friendly disinfectant
Updated: May 18, 2021An experimental disinfectant — made with only salt, water and electricity — could someday be an environmentally friendly Maine product that fights COVID-19.
Updated: May 18, 2021
Mills ends face mask requirements for indoor restaurants, bars and other settings
May 17, 2021Maine will now follow federal guidance and eliminate requirements for protective face coverings for patrons of indoor eating and drinking establishments. The new policy takes effect May 24.
May 17, 2021
On the Record: John Konsin's Biddeford startup, Prapela, is rocking the cradle
Updated: May 17, 2021After working with a variety of established companies, Konsin has co-founded a startup whose first "baby" is a high-tech, therapeutic bassinet that helps newborns breathe, relax and sleep.
Updated: May 17, 2021
ConvenientMD adds high-profile investor after adding Maine locations
May 13, 2021The growing urgent care provider, which has six locations in Maine, has received an investment by Bain Capital, the global firm co-founded by former presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
May 13, 2021
PCHC Jackman clinic gets boost from Skowhegan Savings
Updated: May 10, 2021The grant will pay for equipment upgrades over the next five years at the clinic in northern Somerset County, as the Bangor-based health care system continues to work on ways to provide health care access for the remote area.
Updated: May 10, 2021
Covetrus reports gain in sales for Q1, smaller loss over 2020
Updated: May 7, 2021Q1 net sales of $1.1 billion were an increase of 3% compared to the first quarter of 2020. The company's loss for this year's first quarter shrank to $16 million.
Updated: May 7, 2021
Mercy Hospital receives $400K challenge grant to expand workforce development
May 6, 2021The John T. Gorman Foundation is providing the grant to fund +MPower, an initiative that provides training for New Mainers and others looking to advance professionally. The grant matches donations made to help complete Mercy's campus build-out.
May 6, 2021
Maine ranks among top 10 states for nurses, new study says
May 6, 2021States were assessed according to 22 key metrics that collectively speak to the nursing job opportunities in each state.
May 6, 2021
Shaw's truckers, mechanics walk off the job as unions celebrate recent wins in Maine
Updated: May 3, 2021Workers for a Shaw's trucking subsidiary were taking to picket lines in Scarborough and Wells early Monday, after deciding to "pull the plug" on contract negotiations stalled since February.
Updated: May 3, 2021
Nurses at Maine Med unionize for the first time, winning election by 14% margin
April 30, 2021Nurses at the state's largest hospital had tried twice since 2000 to organize. In the past few months, the effort to unionize has sparked strong public debate.
April 30, 2021
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