Also read: Maine's elderly population at risk as long-term care facilities struggle to stay open "We have to not only be ready for medical calls, but we also have to be ready for fire calls ...

The Maine Hospital Association says provider taxes bring in nearly $900 million in federal matching funds annually. That’s roughly one-third of all Medicaid spending in the state.

Maine fire chief calls for funding for more medics, additional ambulance With Inland Hospital closing, Waterville’s fire chief seeks funding to staff a third ambulance April 21, 2025 08:54 AM ...

Waterville, with a population of about 16,500 went on 5,700 calls last year, 4,500 of which were 911 EMS calls, and Waterville has fewer than half the number of firefighters and only two ambulances.

Courtney Gary-Allen, executive director of the Maine Recovery Access Project based in Augusta, notes that in 2024, there were 490 accidental overdose deaths in Maine, according to the Maine Drug ...

Jan. 23—WATERVILLE — Hasan Sif Eddin and his family are so happy to be in Waterville, their home of two years. They fled the war in Syria and lived in Jordan for 11 years before arriving in ...

WATERVILLE — Two new programs in the city are designed to help revitalize neighborhoods and encourage homeownership. With the help of federal pandemic relief funds, the city launched Waterville ...

Maine State Police and Waterville Police Department are investigating. Waterville is a small city and college town northeast of Lewiston and north of the state’s capital city of Augusta. The city’s ...

Sep. 3—WATERVILLE — Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler will become the new state fire marshal Oct. 3, succeeding Richard McCarthy who retired last month after a little more than a year on the job.

The new Waterville mikvah will be one of a few dozen across the country, and the only one in Maine, that is instead “open” — part of a 20-year-old movement by some more liberal congregations ...

The Waterville Police Department said they got a call around 4:30 a.m. on Monday reporting there was a person slumped over the steering wheel of a bus in the parking lot of the junior high school.

State Representative Bruce White (D-Waterville) said. With the rate of the unhoused population increasing in Maine, Representative White says the last thing anyone should have to worry about is ...