LEWISTON — Kevin Lewis, CEO of Community Health Options, announces that Joanne Lauterbach has recently joined the organization as controller. Her responsibilities will include implementing accounting policies, controls and reporting procedures; overseeing budget preparation; and preparing material for internal and external audits. She will report to Ed Vozzo, chief financial officer. Lauterbach brings 21 years of […]
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Provider Laboratory gains accreditation
LEWISTON — Provider Laboratory Services of Lewiston has met all criteria for laboratory accreditation by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. Accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance of proficiency testing and pass a rigorous on-site survey. Provider Laboratory is the only urine […]
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CCFC hires Jennifer Boenig
SOUTH PARIS — Community Concepts Finance Corp. recently hired Jennifer Boenig of Mechanic Falls as office manager. Boenig comes to CCFC after seven years as assistant to the executive director of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce. She will assist with daily operations of CCFC’s service lines, including business lending, financial coaching, economic development and […]
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Westbrook man pleads guilty to string of robberies
PORTLAND — A Westbrook man has pleaded guilty to federal charges for a string of armed robberies that put small businesses on edge this spring. Travis Card, 38, was arrested April 13 in the wake of more than a dozen unsolved holdups in southern Maine. At the time, police said they believed Card was responsible for robbing a […]
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Maine groups slam Trump administration plan on fuel-efficiency, emissions standards
Environmental and health groups in Maine decried a Trump administration plan announced Thursday to undermine states’ ability to set tougher vehicle emissions standards and to freeze fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks. Attorneys general from more than a dozen states – including Maine Attorney General Janet Mills – also are vowing to fight the changes in court. […]
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St. Mary's ends HealthSteps
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System is ending its once-popular HealthSteps program. For good this time. St. Mary’s this week notified members that the program, which offers an array of fitness classes for adults, will end Aug. 31. Spokesman Jason Gould said participation has dropped steadily in recent years. A summer session three years ago, […]
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Rumford girl facing second surgery after pit bull attack
RUMFORD — The day after her two teenage daughters were hospitalized after being attacked by a pit bull in Strathglass Park, a Rumford mother said Thursday one of the girls was coming home but the other faced a second operation on her leg. Alicia Mitchell spoke by telephone from Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where […]
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Girls’ soccer: Bisher replaces Latuscha as Edward Little coach
Edward Little’s new girls’ soccer coach, Miles Bisher. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Somewhere along the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, Miles Bisher realized that he belonged 3,000 miles away. Through the wonders of technology Bisher was able to find a reason to stop his thru-hike, and instead set forth back to his native Maine, and to his […]
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Russian-backed Twitter bots targeted Maine politicians
Russian-controlled bots swarming Twitter with divisive political messages have targeted several Maine politicians, particularly U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. A recently released database of more than 3 million Tweets from accounts orchestrated by Russia included messages aimed at Collins (261 tweets), Gov. Paul LePage (44 tweets) and U.S. Sen. Angus King (23,) according to an analysis […]
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Police arrest local man following gunfire in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police arrested a local man in connection with reports of shots fired on Bradley Street on Thursday afternoon. Anthony Dipierro, 37, of Lewiston was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm for his involvement in an altercation and discharge of a handgun, Lt. David St. Pierre said in a news release. Dipierro was […]