PORTLAND — A deadly flu raged when the Catholic Church and its Sisters of Mercy launched an institution on Dec. 12, 1918. One newspaper headline at the time warned, “Well in the Morning and Dead at Night.” It was autumn of 1918 and Maine was in the grip of a vicious flu pandemic more deadly than […]
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Housing developers among those hoping to transform Mercy Hospital building
PORTLAND—Housing developers are among the six individuals or groups that responded to a nationwide request for proposals to redevelop the 77-year-old Mercy Hospital building in Portland. Mercy officials will spend the upcoming weeks going through the proposals for its State Street facility and conducting interviews with the development teams, according to spokesman Ed Gilman, who […]
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Mignonne Bouvier
AUBURN — Mignonne “Midge” Bouvier, 89, of Auburn died peacefully Wednesday, July 4, at Clover Health Care Facility. She was born in Lewiston on June 27, 1929, the daughter of Romeo and Blanche (Gervais) Bouvier. Midge, as she was known to everyone, grew up in Lewiston, attended Ecole St. Pierre and graduated from Lewiston High School […]
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Mercy Hospital lays off 31 workers
PORTLAND — Mercy Hospital has laid off 31 of its nearly 1,500 employees almost two months after it offered retirement buyouts to 99 people. The Portland Press Herald reports the Portland hospital cut workers in building maintenance, housekeeping, environmental services and other clinical and administrative positions. No doctors or nurses were affected by the move. […]
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Gray woman gives birth in driveway by herself
RUMFORD — Steve Bronish got the surprise of his life Friday morning when his daughter gave birth to a baby girl while standing in her driveway in Gray. At 5:18 a.m., Abigail Cain delivered her own baby, Danica AnnMarie Cain, who weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 20¼ inches long, said Bronish, of Rumford. […]