2012
Downeast EMS addresses finances and gains support
Downeast EMS, formally known as the Washington County Emergency Medical Services Authority, is slowly but surely getting its house in order.
Lora Whelan
2012
Testimony reveals nursing home bed removal hardships
Well over 100 people attended the April 5 Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) reconsideration hearing of the certificate of need (CON) granted to First Atlantic Healthcare for the removal of 52 nursing home beds from the Calais-based Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Home to...
2012
DHHS to schedule hearing on closure of Atlantic Rehab
The residents of Calais and the greater Washington County area will be able to voice their concerns over the possible closure of Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Calais.
2012
Municipal loan funds aid with business growth, job creation
With seven years under her belt of providing a warm and inviting place to eat the kind of home-style food that makes for happy customers, Karen Scribner, owner of Karen's Main Street Diner in downtown Calais, is ready to expand her offerings to include a pub.
2012
Future being laid for fiber-optic line network in county
Danny Sullivan is on a mission.
2012
Size of boat ramp parcel disappoints Eastport committee
The committee appointed by the Eastport City Council to plan for the new Deep Cove boat ramp project hit a bump at its first meeting. The committee has just started the work of researching and finding the funds to build a new public access boat ramp on Deep Cove Road.
2012
Public ownership weighed as Atlantic Rehab loses residents
Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Calais has had 14 residents relocate to other facilities since the news broke in late January that its parent company, First Atlantic Healthcare, planned to close the facility within two years.