Deirdre Gilbert News Today

AUGUSTA — The opportunity to grow glass eels in aquaculture facilities is available under the interstate fisheries boards American eel management plan.

SULLIVAN — Oysters, soft-shell clams, quahogs and hen clams bring big money to local economies from their mud flats — $450,000 worth of soft-shell clams landed in Deer Isle in

ELLSWORTH — Once a fishery that brought in revenue only second to lobsters, landing more than 41 million pounds in 1994 worth $14.1 million, sea urchins now bring in a

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Many local Nordic Aquafarms opponents supported the bill and many of those who work in the aquaculture industry opposed it.

Many local Nordic Aquafarms opponents supported the bill and many of those who work in the aquaculture industry opposed it.

Community health centers around the country paid $410 million from 2018 to 2021 in 485 settlements or judgments over malpractice suits. The centers and their employees have immunity from medical malpractice lawsuits, meaning the federal government pays any settlements or court judgments.

When malpractice happens at federally qualified health centers, the taxpayers wind up footing the bill, but often not even knowing about it.

Community health centers around the country paid $410 million from 2018 to 2021 in 485 settlements or judgments over malpractice suits. The centers and their employees have immunity from medical malpractice lawsuits, meaning the federal government pays any settlements or court judgments.

Silvia Garcia’s 14-year-old son was left permanently disabled and in a wheelchair after a community health center doctor in New Mexico failed to diagnose his appendicitis despite his complaint of severe stomach pain. The teenager’s appendix ruptured before he could get to a hospital, and complications led to septic shock. Akimbee Burns had a Pap