CONWAY â While Memorial Hospital in North Conway started administering vaccines to New Hampshire residents 65 and older this week, Memorial patients who reside in Maine must be aged 70 or older to be vaccinated and must get their shots at a clinic in Maine.
While officials at Memorial had initially said they hoped to be able to vaccinate their Maine patients, state regulations in Maine and New Hampshire are limiting the vaccines to state residents only. About 10 percent of the patients at Memorialâs primary care practice reside in Maine.
MaineHealth sent out a letter to Maine residents in its system with information about clinic locations and how to sign up for the vaccine.
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Rescuers pull ice skater out of Thompson Lake in Oxford
Mark Simpson of Oxford was rescued and taken to a Norway hospital.
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OXFORD Rescuers from several departments plucked a man out of Thompson Lake late Wednesday afternoon after it was reported the victim had fallen through the ice while skating near Briggs Lane.
Officials from the Maine Department of Wildlife and Inland Fisheries said that at about 4 p.m., Mark Simpson, 56, of Pine Point Road in Oxford, went through the ice in the area of 11 Briggs Lane, which connects Route 121 to Wardwell Island on the west shore of the lake. Pine Point Road is a horseshoe-shaped road off Route 121 near the causeway.
Obituary: Jane Y. Gibson
SOUTH PARIS - Jane Y. Gibson of South Paris died peacefully at Stephens Memorial Hospital after a brief bout with pneumonia. .
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Jane Y. Gibson
SOUTH PARIS – Jane Y. Gibson of South Paris died peacefully at Stephens Memorial Hospital after a brief bout with pneumonia. She was 93.
The day before she died, Jane was preparing for Christmas, a favorite holiday. She sat in her kitchen writing cards and watching the birds outside her window. She made date nut bread with her caretaker, Linda Smith, read the New York Times on the computer, and watched the sunset. Her body was failing her, but her mind remained as keen as ever.