David Saquet News Today

Ambulance companies say they are barely surviving and hope lawmakers back a plan calling for $70 million a year over five years, although it wouldn't be a long-term solution.

ELLSWORTH — Representatives of Washington County ambulance companies, area hospitals, emergency dispatch operations and state and town officials gathered Jan. 12 in Columbia Falls to triage the financially troubled county

Dispatchers and all 10 of the county’s understaffed and underfunded ambulance services have warned about the system with increasing urgency.

The University Volunteer Ambulance Corps — an all-volunteer organization of University of Maine students, staff and community members who provide emergency medical services to the campus and surrounding communities — is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.  UVAC, a division of Auxiliary Services, will commemorate the milestone during its annual member banquet on April 22, […]