Maine Senate Republican Leader Calls on MaineHealth to Pause Lincoln Hospital Maternity Unit Closure
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
- wiscassetnewspaper.comseen 23 Aug, 05:31headline rewritten
Sheriff’s Office: Head Tide Hill Road closed while arrest warrant subject remains containedUPDATE: Head Tide Hill Road back open
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Wed, 5 August 2026
3 reports- themainewire.com11:51first to report
- fox23maine.com16:12
If MaineHealth decides to close this maternity ward, it will become the 12th one to close in the state in the last decade.
- pressherald.com17:35
A Newcastle woman, who is pregnant, filed a lawsuit against the health system, seeking an injunction to keep the board from voting on whether to close the maternity ward.
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- centralmaine.com5 Aug, 17:35their copy
Thu, 6 August 2026
4 reports- penbaypilot.com05:30
The Central Lincoln County (CLC) Ambulance Service Board of Directors met with members of the Miles Delivers Action Coalition at a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 3 to discuss how both organizations can support each other.
- nhpr.org16:50
In a written announcement Thursday, the health system committed to not close any other birthing units for the next two years. But officials say the roughly 130 annual births at the Damariscotta hospital are too few and they haven't been able to maintain stable staffing despite recruitment efforts.
- boothbayregister.com18:30
A pregnant resident of Lincoln County, with the backing of a grassroots organizing group, filed a lawsuit against MaineHealth on Wednesday to prevent the closure of a labor and delivery unit at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta. MaineHealth’s board of trustees is expected to vote on the closure Thursday morning.
- wgme.com22:18
MaineHealth has announced it will officially close Lincoln County's only labor and delivery unit in December.
Fri, 7 August 2026
1 report- winnipegfreepress.com15:51
The MaineHealth board of trustees voted Thursday to close the labor and delivery unit of MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta after months of discussion and community pushback.
Sat, 8 August 2026
1 report- medicaldaily.com01:40
MaineHealth's board voted to close the Lincoln Hospital birthing unit on December 18, moving deliveries to Brunswick after a court declined to intervene.
Fri, 21 August 2026
1 report- wiscassetnewspaper.com04:30edited after publishing
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Sheriff’s Office: Head Tide Hill Road closed while arrest warrant subject remains containedUPDATE: The sheriff's office has posted the following on Facebook: "(The) situation has been resolved safely with one subject taken into custody after extended negotiations. The road is again open to traffic. Further information will be released (Friday)."