BAR HARBOR, MAINE – The National Park Service and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry are hosting an ash tree bark peeling workshop to search for an invasive forest insect pest, the emerald ash borer (EAB), on Thursday, March 7 from 8:30 a.m. until mid-afternoon. The workshop will...
Washington, D.C. Healthy Acadia, a community health organization serving Hancock and Washington counties, received national recognition for its exemplary efforts to reduce cancer incidence and improve health outcomes for cancer patients. In a February 6, 2019 ceremony during the National Cancer Conference in Washington, D.C., the nonprofit organization received the...
Ellsworth - Healthy Acadia, Health Equity Alliance, and UMA Ellsworth Center Student Association, and will offer a free Naloxone Overdose Reversal Training on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm, at the UMA Ellsworth Center, Mill Mall, 248 State St., Suite 1, Ellsworth. Participants will learn how to identify and...
Ellsworth - Maine’s busy tourist season is just around the corner, and many stores, restaurants, and taverns will be bringing on new staff. Healthy Acadia offers Responsible Beverage Server & Seller training to provide anyone who serves or sells alcoholic beverages with the knowledge they need to better identify and...
Woodlawn Trustees, City Officials, and representatives from EL Shea and RF Jordan gathered to “break ground” on the Utilities Project. In front of pipe: Vaughn Thibideau III from EL Shea and David Carney from RF Jordan. Behind the pipe from left to right, first row: Terry Carlisle Woodlawn board President,...
Healthy Acadia has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation to enhance volunteer support for its gleaning program, the Downeast Gleaning Initiative, which aims to increase food security for residents of Washington and Hancock counties. Healthy Acadia, a community health organization serving Hancock and Washington counties, is...
Sessions are designed for Cancer Patients & Survivors Bar Harbor—The ability to stay calm and centered during times of stress is a desirable skill to possess; it is especially important during an illness such as cancer. Richard Parker, an eleven-year cancer survivor, will present a meditation workshop series designed for cancer...
Photo: Representatives from Camden National Bank (presenting sponsor), Darling’s (band sponsor), Wallace Events (lights and sound sponsor), and Merrill Furniture recently gathered to celebrate the theme of the 2019 Chefs’ Gala, a spring block party, with Maine-made root beer. Pictured, from left to right, are Bob Merrill, Merrill Furniture, Camden...
Ellsworth - Interested in accessing your Maine Coast medical records online? Need to check your lab results after hours? Patient portal workshops will be offered at 11:30 am – 12:30 pm on Tuesday, March 12 at the Southwest Harbor Public Library and on Thursday, March 14 at Maine Coast Hospital...
Blue Hill - Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital announces it has been named one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Regarded as one of the industry’s most significant designations of performance excellence, the annual Top 100 Critical Access...