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🌱 How a $340K Medicare case could impact Wells’ ambulance service
Also check out We are Hiring! Cooks, Servers, Dishwashers, Caregivers and Med Care Managers on the Wells Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How a $340K Medicare case could impact Wells' ambulance service
- What Wells voters will decide on rents, data centers this November
- Did you buy a Powerball ticket at Wells Super Food Market?
Also on today's calendar: We are Hiring! Cooks, Servers, Dishwashers, Caregivers and Med Care Managers and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Humid with rain tapering off, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny with a shower, temps: high: 81, low: 55.
- Saturday: Not as warm with a shower, with a high of 71 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Wells EMS settles federal Medicare fraud case brought by whistleblower for nearly $340K (seacoastonline.com) — Wells residents should know that Wells Emergency Medical Services has agreed to pay nearly $340,000 to settle federal and state allegations of Medicare overbilling, without admitting liability. Town-appointed board members and their attorney say the nonprofit, partially funded by Wells, has changed practices and secured insurance coverage for part of the payment, aiming to prevent similar issues while maintaining 24/7 ambulance service. 
• Wells passes mobile home rent moratorium, sends issue to voters in November (pressherald.com) — Wells officials have temporarily frozen mobile home lot rent increases and will ask voters in November whether to adopt a longer-term rent stabilization ordinance. At a packed Town Hall hearing, residents also weighed in on a proposed data center moratorium headed to the ballot and on pausing work on new short-term rental rules until clearer language is developed.
• Mega Millions drawing produces a big winner in Maine (wmtw.com) — Maine's lottery luck now includes a recent $50,000 Powerball ticket sold at Wells Super Food Market in Wells, adding to several big wins statewide. While the latest Mega Millions prize went to a Fort Kent buyer, Wells residents might want to double-check any tickets they bought earlier in August and keep an eye on growing jackpots.
📸 Around Wells
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wells
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★ Featured events ★
- We are Hiring! Cooks, Servers, Dishwashers, Caregivers and Med Care Managers →
1 Huntington Common Dr, Kennebunk
11:00 am
Wednesday September 9
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Other local events
- WHS Girls JV Soccer - Away vs Fryeburg
Wells High School Away - Fryeburg Academy - Bus 1:30 pm
5:45 pm - WHS Boys Varsity Soccer - Home vs Fryeburg
Wells High School Home - Forbes Field
6:00 pm - Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons
Wells Chamber of Commerce Wells Ogunquit Center at Moody 300 Post Rd./ Rt. 1 Wells, ME 04090
6:00 pm - The Producers
Wells Chamber of Commerce Ogunquit Playhouse 10 Main Street Ogunquit, ME 03907 - Free First Friday
Wells Chamber of Commerce Ogunquit Museum of American Art 543 Shore Rd, Ogunquit, Maine
5:00 pm - Free First Friday at OMAA
Wells Chamber of Commerce Ogunquit Museum of American Art 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit Maine
5:00 pm - WHS Varsity Football - Home vs Winslow
Wells High School Home - Warrior Memorial Field
6:30 pm - Traveller The Chris Stapleton Experience →
Jonathan's Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln, Ogunquit
8:30 pm
Thursday September 3
Friday September 4
📣 Wells Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Old York Garden Club Board Meeting
York Public Library 15 Long Sands Rd, York, ME, 03909, US
9:00 am - Pottery Painting, Seaglass Art & More - Open Studio at The Creative Soul →
Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center The Creative Soul 2 Christensen Lane Kennebunk, ME PLENTY OF PARKING
10:00 am - Historic walking tours of Perkins Cove with the Ogunquit Heritage Museum →
Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center Perkins Cove
10:00 am - Piscataqua Garden club
York Public Library 15 Long Sands Rd, York, ME, 03909, US
10:00 am
Thursday September 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- HW Staffing Solutions posted a job opening for Customer Service in Kennebunk. Apply here.
- LanceSoft posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative - Integrated Supply in North Berwick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wells here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ogunquit
- New Thai restaurant Sweet Rice brings Bangkok flavors to Ogunquit (seacoastonline.com)
- Around The BroadwayWorld: Top News, Reviews, Interviews & More from August 2026 (broadwayworld.com)
- Della Piana: Spineless, brainless, and terrifying (peabodyweeklynews.com)
Kennebunk
- New Hampshire man charged after crash in Maine Turnpike construction zone (wmtw.com)
- Marshwood High rated 11th in state, top third in US public schools (southberwickreporter.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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