Confirmation of the merger of Midcoast and Parkview Hospitals in Brunswick was announced at a Friday news conference at Parkview. First the remarks of Randee Reynolds, former Parkview president and now vice-president of the combined operation. Then remarks from Midcoast/Parkview CEO Lois Skillings. Then questions from...
Central Maine Health Care, the parent of Lewiston-based Central Maine Medical Center, with five practices on the Midcoast, made a greater, but ultimately unsuccessful bid for the Parkview assets. Central Maine Health Care Vice-President Chuck Gill was on the Friday Midcoast Morning Buzz talking about...
Maine's independent senator took to the floor of the Senate. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/King-Announces-Support-for-Iran-Nuclear-Deal1-q.-Iran.mp3"][/audio]...
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[audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Brayman-schools.mp3"][/audio] Sarah Brayman has joined seven other councilors in voting to effectively reject a school board proposal to spend 12.5 million dollars on a plan calling for basic repairs at both Coffin Elementary and Brunswick Junior High--citing the need for something more expansive....
Teresa is the first candidate to announce her run for a school board seat this year in Brunswick--a community facing several major educational issues, including what to do about crumbling infrastructures at Coffin Elementary School and at the junior high school. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Teresa-Kelly-Gillis-WCME-Midcoast-Morning-Buzz.mp3"][/audio]...
Maine's senior statesman voiced support for the agreement in a WCME News 9 interview during a stop at Patten Free Library in Bath. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mitchell-uncut1.mp3"][/audio]...
[audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Webbert-on-Lawsuit.mp3"][/audio] Attorney David Webbert on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz on the filing of a federal lawsuit on behalf of a 16-year-old former Brunswick Junior High School student. The young man claims he was bullied, harassed and even sexually assaulted by male peers, while school...
The legislature's investigative committee has voted 12-0--a unanimous vote--to undertake a probe of Governor LePage's threat to cut off state funding to the Good Will Hinckley School for at-risk kids, if the school did not withdraw a job offer to Mark Eves, the Democratic speaker...
Independent state representative Jeff Evangelos of Friendship in Knox County is the leader of a five-member legislative coalition--the other four are Democrats--seeking an investigation that could lead to impeachment charges against Governor LePage. He talked with Jim Bleikamp on Monday's WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Evangelos-impeachment.mp3"][/audio]...