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LEWISTON – Dr. Claudia Geyer is feeling relief for what might be the first time since March 12, 2020, when Central Maine Medical Center reported the state’s first confirmed case of COVID-19.
The last time the chief of hospital medicine could recall the number of inpatients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 at CMMC to be as low as it was Thursday was prior to the winter surge in cases. Then the Lewiston hospital was hit hard by the spring surge, when hospitalizations across the state were regularly in the triple digits.
“Unfortunately, our county and our hospital saw its highest portion of COVID patients April into May in the entire pandemic. So, we had that really difficult third wave occur in our area,” Geyer said. “So, as of the last several weeks, we’ve seen the numbers come down, you know, we celebrated less than double digits. And today, we’re so excited to have only three patients with COVID in the hospital. It’s wonderful.”
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OXFORD Sometimes the route to one’s calling is short and straight. Sometimes meandering. For Oxford Elementary School’s first school resource officer (SRO) it took 12 years to get there.
Officer Steve Cronce is Oxford Elementary School’s first school resource officer. He has been on the job since last November.
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“I feel like I was the person meant for this job,” said SRO Steven Cronce, who started at OES just as the school closed amid the COVID-19 surge last November. “With the life experiences I bring and a master’s degree in school administration. I enjoy it, I am doing it to the best of my ability. It has turned out to be a huge benefit for everyone.”
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PARIS The SAD 17 board of directors Monday approved a proposal from an ad hoc committee to move forward with hiring a new superintendent. Part of the proposal included increasing the funds for the search from $8,000 to $20,000.
The plan gives giving the board chairwoman and the superintendent search committee authority to oversee the search process, including all decision-making through the search. It also approved the proposal with the Maine School Boards Association. The committee also requested that the funds allocated to the search be increased from $8,000 to $20,000.
“We need to move ahead and do what we need to without having the board vote on every change on the proposal we have with MSMA,” Committee Chair Curtis Cole told the Board. “The $8,000 is based on a limited number of applicants…if we don’t spend the extra money it will go back into contingency.”