BREWER For nursing students living in some of Maine’s more rural regions, receiving education and training once required a lot of travel, with commutes often exceeding 45 minutes one way. A few years back, Northern Light Health partnered with Eastern Maine Community College on a satellite nursing program, and now a federal grant is helping that collaboration continue to build through increased access to simulation training at three rural Northern Light Health facilities in Hancock, Somerset, and Piscataquis counties.