Farmington, Maine – Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH) administered the first vaccinations for COVID-19 to its front-line caregivers today after receiving a shipment of 500 Moderna doses this morning. At approximately 1:15 p.m. Melody Hill, BSN, RN, became the first care team member at Franklin Memorial Hospital to receive the vaccine. Hill is a nurse who has […]
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Let us not Forget to Thank all of our Public Employees, as well!
Pride in a job well done. That is the overarching message I took from two conversations I had with selected Town of Rangeley employees…over two months apart. They were separate, and seemingly very different. However, they are linked in one very important way. Both represent “essential workers” in this persisting time of a raging pandemic. […]
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King, Pingree blast Trump pardons
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Maine shatters another COVID-19 record, reports 748 new cases
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Barr undercuts Trump on election, Hunter Biden investigations
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