Maine Medical Center in Portland and other MaineHealth hospitals have closed their campuses to non-hospital personnel and non-patients until further notice, while a number of businesses and schools are closed Thursday.
Athletes, actors and TV personalities will vie for a $250,000 prize purse at the Drive for Kids Celebrity Golf Invitational next June in Falmouth, helping raise funds for the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
The national ranking, now in its 34th year, evaluated over 5,000 hospitals throughout the U.S. and gave high ratings to six of 39 health care facilities in Maine.Â
The Dunkin' Joy in Childhood Foundation recently awarded $49,000 to three Maine hospitals, while Bar Harbor Bank & Trust gave $1,000 to the Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center in Ellsworth.
The Drive Fore Kids celebrity golf invitational, taking place in June at the Falmouth Country Club, aims to raise a minimum of $100,000 for the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital.