Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people. He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2016
The bottom line steered coveted $10.5 billion Coast Guard contract to shipbuilder in Florida
Maine’s congressional delegates promise scrutiny of the contract to build cutters, but politics don’t appear to factor in the decision not to award it to BIW.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2016
Maine Medical Center expansion plan will get checkup by state regulators
The state aims to ensure that projects are needed and don’t escalate costs or cause other health care facilities to close.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2016
Proposed expansion of Maine Med among nation’s largest
The project ranks 14th in cost out of 578 tracked since 2014 and may also offer a competitive edge for the Portland hospital.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2016
Maine Medical Center proposes its largest expansion ever, at a cost of $512 million
The project would add 300,000 square feet to the hospital’s campus, put the main entrance on Congress Street and make changes to enhance patients’ stays.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2016
Thieves in U-Haul bust through gate, steal snowblowers in Brunswick
Video captures images of the U-Haul truck the thieves loaded with a dozen snowblowers.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2016
Social worker pleads not guilty to accusation of having sex with a client
Kelly O’Rourke has been jailed since July after allegedly contacting the woman in violation of his bail conditions.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2016
Fueled by heroin crisis, hepatitis B cases rise in Maine
The Maine CDC says sharing needles is a major risk factor for the spread of the infections.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2016
Mercy Hospital’s pain management program offers an alternative to opioids
A strict new prescribing law may make the multidisciplinary approach – the only one in Maine and rare in the U.S. – indispensable.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2016
Group promotes voting change for Maine with ranked-choice beer tastings
A campaign version of the pub crawl will use demonstrations at Maine breweries to push for passage of a ballot question to alter the way voting results are tabulated.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2016
Fueled by opioid crisis, drug overdose deaths on record pace in Maine
In the first six months of this year, there were 189 drug overdose deaths in the state, a 50 percent increase over the same period last year.
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