Newport Child Receives Bed from Company Aided by UMaine, Media Reports

WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported a 7-year-old from Newport who suffers from hydrocephalus, which has caused her to be developmentally delayed due to seizures, recently received a $4,500 bed specially designed by Millinocket man Patrick Cyr and paid for by the Robbie Foundation. Cyr started his company, Courtney Beds, in 2009 with the help of the University of Maine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance.