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LifeFlight of Maine upgrades its fleet with two new helicopters
April 2, 2021The new birds will replace aircraft that had been in service since 2004. LifeFlight is a nonprofit air ambulance service that transported 2,200 patients last year.
April 2, 2021
With $147M contract, Guilford swab maker goes out of state for 4th plant
April 1, 2021Puritan Medical Products, the manufacturer of clinical swabs used in COVID-19 testing, plans to open a fourth manufacturing facility over 1,000 miles away from the company's current sites in Guilford and Pittsfield.
April 1, 2021
Augusta Civic Center juggling MaineGeneral vaccine clinic, Legislature
March 30, 2021The city-owned Civic Center, which normally hosts basketball tournaments and large conferences this time of year, is the only space in the region large enough to accommodate both the six-day-a-week vaccination clinic as well as meetings of the full
March 30, 2021
Portland IT firm continues acquisition spree with Ohio deal, promising more to come
Updated: March 30, 2021Logically, a Portland company formerly known as Winxnet, has acquired an Ohio-based managed security service provider serving retail to health care customers. The deal brings the Logically workforce to 370 people.
Updated: March 30, 2021
$10M COVID-19 grant is 'game-changer' for Penobscot Community Health Care
March 29, 2021The money, part of $41 million awarded to Maine's 18 federally qualified community health centers, will shore up the 65,000-plus patient health care system's pandemic response and expand health care access for rural residents in general.
March 29, 2021
Maine Med nurses to begin voting this week in historic union attempt
Updated: March 29, 2021After dueling two-month campaigns supporting and opposing a proposed union at Maine Medical Center, nearly 2,000 nurses there will receive ballots this week to determine the organizing outcome.
Updated: March 29, 2021
$41M in federal funds will support COVID care at 18 Maine health centers
March 26, 2021The money will expand access to COVID-19 vaccines to the hardest-hit and highest-risk communities. “Maine’s community health centers have been on the front lines of the state’s pandemic response since day one,” said one health care official.
March 26, 2021
Bangor Savings Bank tells workers: Roll up your sleeve, get $500
Updated: March 26, 2021Maine's largest bank will give its 1,100 employees an incentive of $500 each for receiving a full vaccination. But other employers are concerned about legal liabilities that such rewards could involve.
Updated: March 26, 2021
Q&A: GovWebworks says pandemic is driving new demand for online government services
Updated: March 24, 2021Development of virtual public services has accelerated during the pandemic, including resource and collaboration services in Maine and vaccine preregistration in Idaho. “It’s been a bit of rollercoaster,” said one GovWebworks staffer.
Updated: March 24, 2021
UMaine System gets $2M for grad center, distance learning, telemedicine
Updated: March 24, 2021University of Southern Maine alumni Bobby Monks and Bonnie Porta donate $1 million to the University of Maine Graduate & Professional Center, while a $1 million federal grant goes to expand rural access to graduate education and health care.
Updated: March 24, 2021
Maine business survey shows tempered optimism, short-term money worries
Updated: March 22, 2021A survey of 500 business leaders from 35 industries statewide found that many remain unsure about what the next 12 months will bring, despite the fact that optimism strongly outweighs pessimism.
Updated: March 22, 2021
Nonprofit Leader: The Jackson Lab’s Edison Liu leads a Maine response to a global research need
Updated: March 22, 2021The 2021 Mainebiz Nonprofit Leader of the Year is Dr. Edison Liu. In nine years with Liu as president and CEO, the Bar Harbor-based Jackson Laboratory has expanded dramatically. So it was up to the task when called to fight the pandemic.
Updated: March 22, 2021
Business Leaders: Denis Landry, Kevin French are building partners who blend strengths
Updated: March 22, 2021The 2021 Business Leaders of the Year include the leaders of Landry/French Construction, who are making an impact statewide, from reshaping Waterville to preparing an Abbott Laboratories building in Westbrook for COVID-19 test production.
Updated: March 22, 2021
Business Leader: Scott Wellman, of Puritan Medical Products, is driving production of COVID test swabs
Updated: March 22, 2021Mainebiz has named Wellman one of the seven 2021 Business Leaders of the Year. Wellman is Puritan Medical Products Co.’s general manager, and helped oversee the Guilford-based company’s push to ramp up production of COVID-19 test swabs.
Updated: March 22, 2021
Celebrating the 2021 Business Leaders of the Year
Updated: March 22, 2021In a world profoundly and permanently changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year are seven remarkable individuals whose perseverance, resilience and vision are necessary more than ever.
Updated: March 22, 2021
East Coast's first dental therapist will practice at Penobscot Community Health
March 16, 2021The dental therapist position is the first on the East Coast, and allows practitioners to perform some duties previously reserved for dentists, opening up access to rural parts of the state, which suffer from lack of adequate dental care.
March 16, 2021
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