A bill before the Legislature could reclassify recovery residences and force some to close, worsening an already difficult housing situation in the state, some lawmakers fear.
Emily Bader
Emily joined the Sun Journal in April 2021 on the health beat. She previously reported for the Lakes Region Weekly, covering nine towns in Cumberland County. She enjoys taste testing chai lattes at local cafes, attempting to beat her personal best on the NYT’s mini crossword puzzle and watching thunderstorms. She’s on the fence about the Oxford comma.
Emily grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Wellesley College in 2018. She’s lived in lots of places for little bits of time but now calls Portland home. She welcomes coffee shop recommendations, cookie recipes and news tips in her inbox.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Fentanyl, the fast-acting and incredibly lethal opioid, killed more than 500 Mainers last year
Fentanyl is sometimes referred to as the “instant death,” an official from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.
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Posted inHealth, River Valley
Rumford Hospital is ending its maternity services
Maternity services at the 25-bed critical access hospital in Oxford County will end March 31, Central Maine Healthcare officials announced Thursday.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Lewiston High School, Bates College students help launch domestic abuse awareness campaign
Lewiston High School and Bates College students helped launch Finding Our Voices’ second annual poster campaign raising awareness of intimate partner violence.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Bill seeking to repeal fire code exemption for recovery residences would be devastating, opponents say
The fallout from a bill that would repeal an exemption in fire code regulations and require recovery residences to install sprinkler systems would be devastating for Maine’s recovery community, operators and advocates told lawmakers at a public hearing Monday.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston, Auburn’s ‘booming’ housing market takes center stage at annual real estate conference
One broker predicted that the growth in the residential market will usher in new office, retail and industrial development.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Number of Mainers who died from a drug overdose last year outpaced record set in 2021
Significantly impacting fatal overdoses is the introduction of xylazine and nonpharmaceutical tramadol. Both drugs showed up on toxicology reports for the first time in 2021, almost always in combination with fentanyl.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn family races through Mexican backcountry for $10,000 prize in ‘Survivalists’ TV show
The adventure-competition reality show, hosted by extreme adventurer Colin O’Brady, takes two families for a four-day race in the ‘rugged wilderness’ for a $10,000 prize.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston-based palliative care fellowship for nurse practitioners will have a ‘very direct and very meaningful’ impact, Sen. King says
A nurse practitioner fellowship program in palliative care at Lewiston-based Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice will be able to continue another year and add a second fellow thanks to over $230,000 in federal funding secured by U.S. Sen. Angus King.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Lewiston police officer’s use of deadly force in 2019 incident was self-defense, Attorney General says
A Lewiston police officer’s use of deadly force in an August 2019 incident at Robinson Gardens in Lewiston was a justified act of self-defense, the Attorney General said in a report released Friday.