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Buckfield man seriously injured in Wednesday night crash

HARTFORD — A Buckfield man with a traumatic head injury was taken to Central Maine Medical Center after losing control of his vehicle and striking a utility pole.  Joel Warren, 38, was in serious condition as of Wednesday evening, Oxford County Deputy Nate Bowie said Thursday. His status was unknown as of Thursday evening.  Bowie said witnesses […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

Family finds sanctuary in Lewiston’s Dempsey Center

“We didn’t realize that she didn’t know,” said the elder McCabe. “We hadn’t purposefully not talked about it.” Rather, he and the whole family were facing so much. On July 17, 2013, McCabe was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “It was about like getting getting kicked in the stomach,” he said of the news. It crushed […]

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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal

Department of Labor warns of scam Maine Job Bank posting

LEWISTON — The Maine Department of Labor has issued a warning that a Maine Job Bank posting from someone pretending to be from Central Maine Medical Center was actually a scam seeking applicants’ financial information. The scammer used CMMC’s  federal employer identification number to advertise for an administrative assistant and a bookkeeper, the Department of […]

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Surgeon to discuss knee problem treatments

LEWISTON — “Surgical Treatment of Knee Problems” is the subject of a special presentation set for Thursday, May 1, at Central Maine Medical Center. Orthopaedic surgeon Paul Cain, MD, will discuss options for the surgical repair of knee disorders and injuries. A long-time member of the central and western Maine medical-surgical community, Cain practices in […]

Posted inFranklin

Jogger hit on wintry road in Farmington

FARMINGTON — A jogger is in intensive care at Central Maine Medical Center  after being struck by a pickup truck Sunday morning. According to Sgt. Edward Hastings of the Farmington Police Department, Tess Perry, 25, of Farmington was jogging along the Fairbanks Road in the vicinity of Partridge Lane around 9:09 a.m. when the accident […]

Posted inRiver Valley

Snowmobiler injured in Roxbury

ROXBURY — A snowmobiler was flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Sunday night with injuries suffered when his machine flipped in a logging yard off Roxbury Road, fire Chief Raymond Carver said. Carver said the Roxbury Fire Department and Med-Care were dispatched to the scene after 9 p.m. and found the man. […]

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Lewiston hospital’s trauma center regains stature

LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center has regained its status as a verified Level II Trauma Center. Verification, similar to certification or accreditation, is handled by the American College of Surgeons. CMMC was supposed to go through the process of renewing its verification in 2012 when all four of its trauma surgeons quit, including the […]

Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley

Woman injured last week at Sunday River still in critical condition

LEWISTON — A woman seriously injured Wednesday in a skiing accident at Sunday River Ski Resort, remains in critical condition Monday at Central Maine Medical Center, according to a family spokeswoman. Sandra Bastinelli, 56, of Westminster, Md., was skiing with her husband, George T.R. Orton, and members of a Maryland ski club when she fell […]