The outbreak at Franklin Memorial Hospital started last week with four cases.
Lindsay Tice
Lindsay Tice began as the Sun Journal's education reporter in 2001. Today, she covers health care, pets and RSU 4, as well as breaking news, investigative stories and long-form features. She was named Maine Journalist of the Year for 2012-13. When she's not working, Lindsay enjoys reading, kayaking and traveling — particularly to Universal Studios in Orlando or Space Camp in Alabama (where she's been a camper twice as an adult.) She graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with a degree in creative writing.
Report: CMMC failed to take precautions during COVID-19 outbreak
Investigators found the Lewiston hospital had a number of problems, including an unsanitary ICU.
RSU 16 schools close for three days after high school student tests positive for COVID-19
Schools in Regional School Unit 16 are slated to reopen Friday.
Central Maine Medical Center lifts lockdown after gun threat deemed not credible
After several hours, police concluded the threat wasn’t credible.
Maine teachers unions worry about safety as school plans progress
With just weeks to go until the start of school, teachers say a lot of questions remain unanswered.
Marshwood Center in Lewiston reports a fourth COVID-19 death and 34 cases
Another employee has also tested positive at Central Maine Medical Center.
Local service dogs win national honors
Aura and Dolly Pawton will appear on a Hallmark Channel special this fall.
CMMC workers test positive for COVID-19
Hospital officials say the employees were infected by an ICU patient who had come from the Marshwood Center, a long-term care facility with an outbreak this week.
Midcoast-Parkview opposes CMHC surgical center for Topsham
Midcoast-Parkview officials say there aren’t enough patients to go around and that they’d lose revenue.
Pandemic money delayed for some needy families
The P-EBT program was supposed to help Maine’s poorest families buy food during the pandemic, but delays with the EBT card manufacturer mean it’ll be weeks before some get the money.