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Dr. Peterson to retire as Millinocket hospital CEO
MILLINOCKET — Millinocket Regional Hospital announced that Chief Executive Officer Dr. Robert Peterson, a resident of Dover-Foxcroft, will be retiring on July 1. Peterson has led the hospital since 2014, following a successful tenure in administration at Eastern Maine Medical Center and Windham Hospital in Connecticut. Throughout his 12...
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Two Maine universities launch program to boost health care workforce
Two Maine universities are joining forces to launch an online medical laboratory science degree aimed at expanding career pathways for laboratory professionals and addressing the growing healthcare workforce needs across Maine. The degree will be offered by the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the University of Maine at...
Bangor Daily News
A Maine town doesn’t allow schools, hospitals and libraries. One man wants to change that.
Driving home from Castle Hill’s annual town meeting last March, Ewen Allison was upset. He, like many from the small Aroostook County town, had voted in favor of an updated land use ordinance that night. It easily passed. But he hadn’t actually read the ordinance. “It seemed innocuous enough. I wasn’t planning on building anything,” Allison […]
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Aroostook House of Comfort dedicates lobby area
The Aroostook Hospice Foundation announces the dedication of the lobby seating area at the Aroostook House of Comfort in Presque Isle. The area was recently dedicated in loving memory of Sue Guiou and Jeff Guiou. This meaningful tribute was made possible through the generosity of Ken Rideout and Leslie Guiou Rideout, daughter of Sue and sister of Jeff, in gratitude for the compassionate care their family received.
The Maine Monitor
Her labor turned dangerous. The closest hospital had just stopped delivering babies.
In the early hours of the morning on June 1, 2025, Katie Gowell went into labor at her home in Patten, a town on the outskirts of Maine’s northern wilderness containing Mount Katahdin, where her family doctor was prepared to deliver her fifth child.
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Frustrated with big health care, provider will open Aroostook’s 3rd insurance-free clinic
For the second time in the last six months, a Northern Light Health provider, frustrated with the overall state of the health care system, is leaving the organization to open a direct primary care practice in Presque Isle. Judi Pimental, a family nurse practitioner at Northern Light’s Presque Isle walk-in...
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Curious Baby Coincidence at Cary Medical Center
CARIBOU, Maine (WAGM) - Cary Medical Center saw a remarkable coincidence in its maternity ward in 2025. For Cary Medical Center, 2025 delivered a milestone moment so rare it’s now part of the hospital’s history. The hospital welcomed its 100th baby on June 20th then nearly five months later Cary’s 200th baby also arrived as one of a twin pair.