For years, fire departments around the state have struggled to…
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Contract is for three months while permanent replacement is found
ROCKLAND – Knox County Commissioners during their regular session in chambers February 13 at the Knox County Courthouse, appointed Gordon Page, Sr., of Owls Head, as interim administrator for Knox…
Jan. 8 meeting
Lincolnville Select Board to consider Land Use Committee work, price increase for ambulance services
LINCOLNVILLE — Following last month’s voter approval of a…
Early one cold winter morning, three LifeFlight helicopters were positioned simultaneously on the tarmac at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. While unusual for a small community hospital to have…
CAMDEN — On Friday, Jan. 6, North East Mobile Health was already busy on a call in Lincolnville when another medical issue presented in Camden. When Rockland EMS couldn’t take the call, Thomaston…
PBMC will also continue to use North East Mobile Health Services for inter-facility transports
BELFAST and ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital are contracting with a second ambulance service,…
Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport mull over their emergency medical response future
Two years ago, area fire chiefs broached the idea of establishing a regional, and municipally-run, ambulance service. Concerns over efficiencies with the existing privately-owned service had…
First responders to learn basic EMT this winter
CAMDEN — With endorsement from the Camden Select Board, at least eight of the town’s firefighters will be spending the winter and spring learning how to assess trauma injuries and administer…
CAMDEN — Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport town administrators and managers sat for an hour in the office of Audra Caler-Bell this morning, Aug. 27, discussing how to proceed with issues…
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For over a decade, North East Mobile Health Services (NEMHS) has been a mainstay in the communities of Camden, Rockport, Hope, and Lincolnville. Over these years, we have employed dozens of…
Memo to select boards outlines contractual issues
CAMDEN — Informally and without any official votes, the Camden Select Board, its town manager and fire chief nonetheless agreed July 30 that the town is worried about the capacity of current…
Vote to transfer town-owned land to Maine Water
ROCKPORT — On May 28, members of the Rockport Select Board authorized Town Manager Rick Bates to sign an agreement with North East Mobile Health Services to provide emergency medical service to…
ROCKPORT — On March 11, fire chiefs from Rockport, Camden and Rockland presented the Rockport Select Board with a concept which may offer the municipality an improved emergency response system in…
Meeting tonight
CAMDEN — Fire chiefs and municipal managers in five Midcoast municipalities have talked about forming a regional community-owned ambulance service, and are now ready to take the idea before…
ROCKLAND – Neighboring towns whose sick and injured call for an ambulance and find Rockland medical responders at their door will soon see a significant increase in the fees.
On Monday,…
Signs letter of intent Aug. 5
CAMDEN — Voting unanimously, the Camden Select Board agreed Aug. 5 to enter into negotiations with North East Mobile Health Services (NEMHS) to purchase the…
Camden First Aid, North East Mobile: Breaking down the questions
CAMDEN — Julia Libby, Camden First Aid Association's service chief, said June 10, that she would renegotiate the cost of doing business with Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport, should floor…
'Nobody out there is getting rich'
CAMDEN — Key advice has been handed to a group of town leaders tasked with reviewing competing emergency medical service proposals: Figure out how EMS can serve communities in other ways besides…
'Kind of a wacky business to be in'
HOPE — As Hope selectmen carefully combed through the town's proposed 2013-2014 municipal budget, they found preliminary concensus March 12 with each other and Camden First Aid Association,…
