Down East Community Hospital

11/12/2025

Looking for some holiday gift ideas? The Down East Community Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop has a lot of great gifts and decorations! The gift shop is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 2pm. Here are some pictures so you can take a peek!

You will have another opportunity to buy some great gifts because the Auxiliary will hold its 53rd Annual Holiday Fair at the Rose Gaffney School gym in Machias on Saturday, December 6th from 9am to 2pm. There will be lots of new crafters joining the vendors you look forward to seeing each year.

They will have raffles, music and a visit from Santa! And there will be delicious lunch choices available for purchase. Don't miss it!

11/10/2025

Down East Community Hospital Provider Practices will be closed tomorrow in observance of Veterans Day.

11/10/2025

As the holidays quickly approach, I’d like to take the opportunity to invite you to join us in our virtual Light A Life celebration.

We had virtual celebrations in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and found that our community really enjoyed the videos that were put together with slides in memory and in honor of loved ones. We can accommodate up to 120 characters so there is more room for sentiments than our traditional ornaments had! We will need time to prepare the video so if you want your loved ones included, please mail your donation no later than December 8.

If you would like to add a photo of your loved one (one photo per slide), please email a scanned copy to jhixson@dech.org. You can also send via Facebook Messenger or include a copy with your donation form. Please be sure to have the correspondence contain your full name and the full name of the person pictured. In order to keep the video length manageable we ask that you please do one slide per person you are recognizing.

For more information, see our full letter athttps://www.dech.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Light-A-Life-Letter.pdf
You can also find a donation form at https://www.dech.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Donation-Form.pdf.
If you would like to donate online, go to https://www.dech.org/about-dech/support-dech/

If you have questions, please contact Julie Hixson at 207-255-0433 or send an email at jhixson@dech.org.

11/03/2025

The winners of our skeleton contest are:
1st Place - Imaging
2nd Place - Pharmacy
3rd Place - Med Surg

Thanks to everybody who participated!!

10/31/2025

Just in time for Halloween! Our skeleton contest is in full swing and we will be announcing the winners on Monday. The staff did a great job and came up with some very creative themes!

10/31/2025

We have a full time opportunity at DECH! Apply now at www.dech.org.

10/30/2025

We found a super hero mask and a furry tote bag when we were cleaning up from our Halloween Fun Night on Tuesday. If you are missing a bag or a mask, please message us so we can get you reconnected with your things.

10/29/2025

Thank you to everyone for coming out to our Halloween Fun event last night and thank you to the staff who made it possible. Everyone had a good time and the costumes were great!

10/28/2025

The Halloween Fun starts at 5:30 at the Pediatrics parking lot on the hospital campus. Just follow the witches legs! See you soon!

10/27/2025

Remember to come out for some Halloween Fun tomorrow evening. Hope to see you there!

10/27/2025

The phone system at the Down East Health Center in East Machias is back online.

10/24/2025