AUBURN — Central Maine Medical Center is set to open its first urgent care facility Monday, March 21, at 593 Center St. It’s officially named CMMC Urgent Care. There will be a public ribbon cutting and open house at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 10. Emceed by the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, the event […]
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Work by local artists on display at CMMC
LEWISTON — Paintings by Irene Duplissis and photographs by Scott Ainsworth are on display throughout March at the Central Maine Medical Center Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery. The works are in the main lobby hallway near the 60 High St. entrance. Duplissis has been painting professionally for many years. She has devoted much time […]
Peter Chalke to retire from Central Maine Healthcare
LEWISTON — The head of Central Maine Healthcare is retiring. Peter Chalke, who’s worked for the hospital system for 33 years and has led it for 15, announced Monday that he will step down as CEO this summer. “It’s been kind of an emotional roller coaster,” Chalke said. “You do one thing all your life […]
Hospital commended for St. Joseph project
The Grow L+A Board of Directors commends CMMC for its decision to restore and repurpose the historic St. Joseph’s Church building on Main Street in Lewiston. The Kora Shrine and St. Joseph’s Church buildings anchor Main Street, providing a historical and architectural character that has made downtown Lewiston an attractive destination in the past and […]
St. Joseph’s Church to be restored, not demolished
LEWISTON — Restoration work to the former St. Joseph’s Church on Main Street will begin near the end of the month even as owner Central Maine Healthcare considers what will ultimately happen there. “We know one thing we are going to do,” said Steve Gauthier, Central Maine Healthcare’s vice president of operations. “We want to […]
Birth announcements
CMMC Tucker Adrian Ogden, a boy to Kayleigh and Jonathan Ogden of Auburn, Aug. 15. Grandparents, Eric and Jane Jameyson, Lakeland, Fla., Amanda and Dwight Ogden, Mechanic Falls, Kathy Spaulding; great-grandparents, Pat Jameyson, Winter Haven, Fla., Jim and Josie Quimby, Davenport, Fla., Carol Monroe, Auburn. Emma Lynn Benson, a girl to Kevin and Megan Benson of Oxford, Aug. 30. Sibling, Ethan; grandparents, Renee and Morgan Moore, Mechanic […]
Ronald A. Cayer
1932 – 2015 LEWISTON — Ronald A. Cayer, 83, of Lewiston passed away Wednesday morning, Oct. 14, at d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. He was born in Manhattan, N.Y., on July 27, 1932, a son of the late Roland and Evelyn (Ouellette) Cayer. His family moved to Maine when he was a young boy and he […]
Sahagian joins CMMC medical staff
LEWISTON — Kirk Sahagian, D.O., a bariatric surgeon, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center medical staff. He is practicing with Central Maine Bariatric Surgery in Lewiston. Sahagian has extensive surgical experience, beginning as a staff surgeon at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Ft. Campbell, Ky., in 2007. After serving as a general […]
Sacco joins CMMC medical staff
LEWISTON — Christopher E. Sacco, D.P.M., has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center associate professional staff. He is the first podiatrist to serve on the professional staff at Central Maine Podiatry, a practice recently opened by the Central Maine Medical Group. Sacco has more than 20 years of experience in private practice in […]
Radwan joins CMMC medical staff
LEWISTON — Tarek A. Radwan, M.D., a neurosurgeon, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center medical staff. He is practicing with Central Maine Neurosurgery in Lewiston, providing care for trauma patients and emergency surgical patients, and those having elective procedures. Radwan practiced in New Hampshire at New Era Medicine in Manchester and Foundation […]