Feb 27, 2025 Share By Emily Hedegard and Kate Cough of the Maine Monitor MAINE—When Nikki Mahar, who recently moved to Eastport from California, woke up in the middle of the night with stomach pains at 14 weeks pregnant, she and her husband rushed to the closest emergency room, in Calais. Seven weeks earlier, after another visit to the emergency room for unexpected bleeding, the couple had learned Mahar … Continue reading Maternity Services Dwindle: Nine Maine Hospitals Close or Announce Closures in Ten Years