Blog Archive: April 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021

CURTIS MEMORIAL LIBRARY BROWSING HOURS  

RETURN MONDAY, MAY 17 

Curbside Hours to Continue in the Mornings 

BRUNSWICK, ME – With all of the library staff to be vaccinated by mid May, the Curtis Library Board of Directors voted at their April meeting to reinstate indoor browsing hours beginning Monday, May 17.   

New hours will be: 

Monday through Friday 9:30 am to Noon – Curbside Service Only 

Monday through Friday Noon to 6:00 pm – Indoor Service Only 

Saturday 9:30 am to 1:00 pm – Indoor Service Only 

Sundays – Closed through Labor Day 

Mid Coast Hospital Receives Top Patient Safety Grade

BRUNSWICK, ME—The Leapfrog Group, a non-profit that aims to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, has announced its Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and has awarded Mid Coast Hospital an ‘A’, the highest designation that Leapfrog offers.

To determine its letter grades every six months, Leapfrog uses publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as its own surveys, to evaluate how well hospitals prevent medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harm to patients in their care. Achieving an ‘A’ grade is a challenge, as is maintaining one. The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms.

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Mid Coast Hospital COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic to Offer Walk-In Appointments

BRUNSWICK, ME–Mid Coast Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, located at Brunswick Landing, 220 Neptune Drive in Brunswick, will offer walk-in vaccine appointments beginning April 30. Open to all Maine residents 16 and over, the Mid Coast Hospital Vaccination Clinic administers the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. Walk-in vaccination is available Monday through Saturday between 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Vaccine availability is based on vaccine supply.

American Rescue Plan Tax Credits Available to Small Employers to Provide Paid Leave to Employees Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced today further details of tax credits available under the American Rescue Plan to help small businesses, including providing paid leave for employees receiving COVID-19 vaccinations.

Eligible employers, such as businesses and tax-exempt organizations with fewer than 500 employees and certain governmental employers, can receive a tax credit for providing paid time off for each employee receiving the vaccine and for any time needed to recover from the vaccine. For example, if an eligible employer offers employees a paid day off in order to get vaccinated, the employer can receive a tax credit equal to the wages paid to employees for that day (up to certain limits).

Maine Department of Labor Offering Workplace Training Sessions
SafetyWorks! can help you prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths and reduce related costs. Our safety & health consultation and training services are offered at no charge and confidential and we don't issue fines or citations.

National Volunteer Week recognized April 18 – 24, 2021

BRUNSWICK, ME – During National Volunteer Week, April 18–24, Mid Coast–Parkview Health recognizes the contributions of the more than 500 volunteers who support the healthcare system throughout the year, as well as the additional 1,200 community members who have stepped up to assist with the operations at Mid Coast Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic this year.

BATH HOUSING SERVES 6830 FRESHLY MADE MEALS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
April 20 Marks One Year Anniversary of “Cooking for Community” in Bath

BATH—Over 6830 nourishing meals, including shepherd’s pie and meat loaf, have been served
to the families and older adults living at Bath Housing apartments in the last 12 months of the
Covid pandemic, in partnership with Portland-based Cooking for Community. In the last year,
the organization has provided over 100,000 hot meals around southern Maine. They raise funds
to pay restaurants and their staff to provide fresh meals to service agencies like Bath Housing.

The openings we are trying to fill in Brunswick and Yarmouth are for a Banker position.  Both are full time/40 hour per week positions.