Students preparing for hospital careers say they aren’t discouraged by the pressures of the pandemic, and instead are eager to help.
Bonnie Washuk
Bonnie Washuk is the weekend reporter for the Portland Press Herald. She previously was the education writer and a general assignment reporter for the Sun Journal, focusing on Lewiston-Auburn schools. She began as a Lewiston Daily Sun reporter on Halloween, 1983. Since then she's worked for the Lewiston Evening Journal, Sunday, and the Sun Journal covering just about every beat. For 10 years she covered politics as the State House reporter. Bonnie's interests are cooking, dogs, the environment. She's an avid recycler, drives a Prius and does a lot of dog walking with her dogs Lucy and Zoe. A wife, mother of three sons and grandmother of four, she loves children. A great assignment for her is interviewing students. She lives in Portland, grew up in Augusta and attended the University of Maine at Augusta.
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Mainers from Ukraine heartbroken for those back home
Now residents of Saco, Yarmouth, Waterville and Dover-Foxcroft, they tell of their worries, fears and frustrations that the U.S. and NATO aren’t doing more to help.
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Driver, passenger escape from fiery Harpswell crash
The pair received help from a passerby who stopped.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations edge down again in Maine
A total of 222 patients were hospitalized statewide with the coronavirus on Sunday, a decline from 231 the day before.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop; state reports 50 deaths from January
As new numbers slow, the Maine CDC continues to sort through a backlog from the height of the omicron surge.
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Maine CDC provides no update on COVID-19 hospitalizations
The public health agency usually reports the latest number of patients hospitalized statewide with the infectious disease on Sundays.
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Mainers clean up after powerful blizzard; woman injured when tree crashes into home
In southern Maine, Bath-Brunswick got the most snow, 18-20 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
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COVID-19 cases grow, but hospitalizations are down in Maine
Meanwhile, five more coronavirus deaths are reported by the Maine CDC, bringing the state’s total death count since the pandemic began to 1,738.
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Munjoy Hill blaze sends 5 to hospital, destroys townhouse complex
One person was critically injured in the ‘huge fire’ at 117-119 North St., authorities say.
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Blizzard will worsen as the day continues
Light snow began falling Saturday morning, but conditions will worsen later in the day.