Philanthropist Paul Coulombe’s gift of $1.1 million for a new health improvement center at…
St. Andrews Hospital
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded the Certificate of Need…
On Friday, July 18, Lincoln County Healthcare CEO Jim Donovan and LCH Board President Jeff Curtis sat down with the Boothbay Register to answer questions about programs, finances and plans for the…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to reconsider its May 29…
LincolnHealth has submitted an official request to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider one of the three conditions placed on the approval of the recently submitted…
St. Andrews emergency room in Boothbay Harbor has been closed for six months, and its former inpatient wing has been reconstructed for outpatient physical therapy.
In March, the Maine…
St. Andrews emergency room in Boothbay Harbor has been closed for six months, and its former inpatient wing has been reconstructed for outpatient physical therapy.
In March, the Maine…
State regulators have given a preliminary green light to healthcare changes already instituted here in the Boothbay region.
On March 13, the Department of Health and Human Services issued…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Service’s preliminary decision on the Certificate of Need applications…
People aren't numbers and illness isn't a statistic. When you are sick and need care, or have to find the money to pay for that care,…
Jane Good is not afraid to ask for help. As a volunteer for the Save St. Andrews Task Force and now the Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation, Good has reached out to Maine’s Attorney…

The only new wrinkle in the long debate over healthcare changes on the Boothbay peninsula is that state regulators will now officially bless, or less likely, unbless the changes that have already…
If you believe that another public meeting to discuss the fate of St. Andrews Hospital and local healthcare is an exercise in futility, the good citizens of the Boothbay Region Health and Wellness…
In the annals of government, apparently late is better than never. However, whether a late government review is more meaningful than no or timely government review remains to be seen.
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Last week’s closing of St. Andrews Emergency Department and swing bed unit made visible by the symbolic sign change seemed like the final chapter in a long, painful drama for this community.
…Lincoln County Healthcare provides both hospital and residential inpatient care in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta, as well as assisted and independent living options for seniors (see table).…
Barring a last minute miracle, the battle to Save St. Andrews Hospital appears to have been lost.
Officially, the hospital hasn’t closed. St. Andrews’ Medicare provider number and its…
Two things were clear at the September 21 Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation meeting: Community members are still outraged about the decision to end emergency and inpatient care at St…
The Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation, the nonprofit that formed out of local opposition to proposed changes at St. Andrews Hospital, will hold its first annual meeting at the Railway…
On August 13, Maine Medical Center announced its plans to layoff 50 employees, terminate 175 vacant positions and cut top hospital administrators salaries by 12.5 percent.
These cuts…
Angie and Will Perkins stand next to the sign they helped make and put up on their parents' lawn on Townsend Avenue earlier this week, promoting the public meeting Wednesday, Aug.…