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As a veteran hospice volunteer, my role is to support individuals who are critically ill or whose condition may be terminal and their...

Three daughters gathered in the hospital room where their mother lay dying. This had been long expected, and the two daughters from out...

Thanks to a generous grant from the Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation, Healthy Peninsula currently has a limited amount of grant...

Maine is seeing a significant increase in tick-borne diseases, which can affect every system of the human body. While good progress has...

I was lucky. My mother had a cancer scare when she was sixty-three. During that episode, we had many heartfelt conversations about what...

Every year, the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation generously awards grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to nonprofits throughout the state,...

One of the ongoing concerns of Healthy Peninsula’s Early Childhood Interest Group has been improving the kindergarten readiness of...

by Warren Berkowitz As a local special-education administrator, I had the privilege of helping parents deal with the many challenges of...

The Town of Blue Hill has been designated by the AARP as a member of its Network of Age-Friendly Communities.  The Network currently...

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Need A Resource??  The Healthy Peninsula Community Resource Guide is just a click away: http://communityresourceguide.org NEWS ABOUT ...

Benefits of Yoga by a Cancer Patient/Survivor I began practicing Yoga in the early 1970’s and through the years since have practiced it...

Chatting with friends recently, our conversation turned to what we believe makes life meaningful, i.e. what gives us joy, happiness, and...

Sometimes our hearts drop when there is a letter from the IRS in the mailbox, but instead our hearts soared. There it was: the letter...

Penobscot Bay Press has had the privilege of serving with the Thriving in Place Downeast (TiPD) collaboration for the past two years. The...

His first contact with the Beth Wright Center was not as a beneficiary of services, but rather as a benefactor. An avid cyclist, he...

On September 21, 2016, Healthy Peninsula staff members Janet Lewis and Anne Schroth attended and presented at th...

I am thrilled that one hundred fifty people participated in the evidenced-based “Tai Chi for Health” program during TiPD’s first two...

Healthy Peninsula is extending its deliveries of fresh free local produce through Thursday, October 13. The extension is made possible...