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 […]
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CMMC, St. Mary’s fined for patient safety scores
LEWISTON — Eight Maine hospitals are facing federal penalties for infection and complication rates. Both Lewiston hospitals — Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center — are on the list. This is the second year Medicare has fined hospitals whose safety scores dip below a certain line. Last year, six Maine hospitals […]
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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 […]
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Auburn woman in moose crash still in coma a week later
LEWISTON — An Auburn woman injured last week when the car in which she was riding struck a moose on the Maine Turnpike remained in a coma Wednesday, according to her boyfriend. Doctors had put Taylor Norcross, 27, in an induced coma because of a head injury sustained in the crash. Since then, they have […]
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Central Maine Medical Center safety grade drops to B
LEWISTON — With 11 out of 16 hospitals earning an A rating, Maine once again ranks among the best in the country for hospital safety. However, one local hospital — Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston — saw its safety scores fall in the past six months, dropping its grade from an A to a […]
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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 […]
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CMMC runs emergency drill
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center will run a disaster drill Wednesday. The drill will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will involve both hospital personnel and emergency services. Hospital services will not be interrupted.
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Birth announcements
CMMC Chase Colby Coore, a boy to Taylor and Thomas Coore Jr. of Buckfield, Aug. 11. Grandparents, Robert Black, Buckfield, Kristen Hammond, Hanover, Pa., Tom and Sheri Coore, Norway; great-grandparents, Gail Danforth, Oxford, Eleanor Austin, Buckfield, Doug Haines, Poland. Asher Clinton Hunt-Everett, a boy to Simone Hunt and Michael Everett of West Paris, Aug. 11. Siblings, Richard, Draven, Sophia; grandparents, Tamara Tuthill, Auburn, William Hunt Sr., Ft. Myers, […]
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Elinor H. ‘Ellie’ Brockway
1928 – 2015 AUBURN — Elinor Hansen “Ellie” Brockway passed away peacefully, Tuesday, Sept. 22, at The Hospice House in Auburn. She was born on Oct. 20, 1928, in Lewiston to Rigmor Hornbak Hansen and Magnus Christian Hansen. Ellie graduated from Edward Little High School in 1946. She attended and graduated from the University of […]