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Elver fishermen flocking to the Penobscot River

BREWER — At first glance, the scene at the Penobscot Salmon Club on Friday seemed like old times: Trucks packed the small parking lot. Fishermen complained about the cold mid-May weather. This, however, is a different kind of fishing. There is no Atlantic salmon season on the ...

John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News • Maine • Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:03 am

Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Friday. After four straight years o...

Alan Fram, Associated Press • Nation • Friday, May 17, 2013 at 10:09 pm

Ryder named Grassroots Champion

FARMINGTON — The American Hospital Association, in partnership with the Maine Hospital Association, recently awarded Rebecca Ryder, president and CEO of Franklin Memorial Hospital, with the AHA Grassroots Champion Award. Ryder is being recognized for her exceptional leadership in gen...

Business • Friday, May 17, 2013 at 6:25 pm

St. Mary's gains quality designation

LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center’s Joint Replacement Center, 93 Campus Ave., has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality Orthopedic Care Facility for total joint replacement. Aetna recognizes hospitals and facilities in its network that offer specialize...

Business • Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:25 pm

Decker joins Tagli Hair

LEWISTON — Tagli Hair and Nail Salon, 984 Sabattus St., welcomes new employee Ryan Decker to the salon. Decker has been a licensed cosmetologist since 2010 and is a graduate of Mr. Bernard's School of Hair Fashion. She has experience from her two and one-half years at JCPenney salon....

Business • Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:20 pm

NorthStar employees honored

Rangeley Fire and Rescue recently presented awards to NorthStar employees. They included, from left, Harold Schaetzle, EMT-1; Steve Grant, driver; and Jeremy O’Neil, paramedic. Schaetzle, NorthStar base supervisor, received an appreciation award from Rangeley Fire Chief Tim Pellerin for Nor...

Business • Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:20 pm

Warriner named marketing director

LEWISTON — Maine Family Federal Credit Union announces hiring Jennifer Warriner as its new marketing director. Warriner will be responsible for all marketing and communication campaigns, including print and digital advertising, social media, Web and public relations. Prior to ...

Business • Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:15 pm

Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council honors 7 businesses at dinner

LEWISTON — Seven businesses in the Twin Cities received economic achievement and community development recognition at the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council’s 32nd annual dinner Thursday night at the Ramada Conference Center. The awards are chosen by the city councils and ...

David A. Sargent, Special to the Sun Journal • Business • Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:40 pm

Agren Appliance wins family business award

AUBURN — Agren Appliance and Television was honored recently by the Institute for Family-Owned Business with its top award for a large business. Agren was founded in 1969 by brothers Douglas and Donald Agren as an appliance repair service in Auburn. The company’s operations now...

Business • Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 6:05 pm

Beau Eye Center opens in South Paris

SOUTH PARIS — Dr. Peter Beauboeuf, O.D., announces that the Beau Eye Center, 177 Main St., is open for business. Beauboeuf is available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He also covers Beau Eye Center in Topsham. Beauboeuf received his bachelor of sc...

Business • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 11:25 pm

Education group says Maine will need 150,000 more knowledge workers

PORTLAND — Maine needs at least an additional 15,000 highly skilled workers if the state is going to remain competitive in a global economy — a necessity the state’s education system isn’t prepared to provide, according to a report released Tuesday by America’s Edge,...

Whit Richardson, Bangor Daily News • Business • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 9:47 am

Legislators tackle bills that aim to balance energy costs with efficiency

AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Energy Committee unveiled a multipronged bill Tuesday that incorporates elements from nine different measures aimed at expanding Maine’s natural gas infrastructure, boosting funding for energy efficiency, directly lowering businesses’ electricit...

Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News • Business • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:52 am

286-ton transformer moving from Searsport to Windsor

WINDSOR — State police will escort a 286-ton electrical transformer over the road from Searsport to the Central Maine Power's new Coopers Mills Road substation in Windsor. The transformer is scheduled leave the Mack Point Marine Terminal in Searsport early Wednesday morning on a 16-a...

The Associated Press • Business • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:03 am

Legislators want to know if business tax breaks are effective

AUGUSTA — Over the past 50 years, Maine's legislators and governors have added millions of dollars in tax breaks for businesses without ever doing the detailed analysis to find out which are effective and which are wasteful. But that may be changing. In recent weeks, a growing...

John Christie and Naomi Schalit, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting • Maine • Wednesday, May 15, 2013

New directors at the YMCA

AUBURN — The Auburn-Lewiston YMCA announces two new directors, Sarah Hearn and Andrea Dyer. Both have been with the YMCA for some time and have been promoted to new director positions. Hearn is the YMCA’s new school-age child care director. Her experience includes more than a d...

Business • Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 11:40 pm

Auer named vice president at Bates

LEWISTON — Bates College President A. Clayton Spencer announced recently that Matthew R. Auer, Indiana University honors dean, has been named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, effective July 1. Auer succeeds Pamela J. Baker, ’69, He...

Business • Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 11:35 pm

Health Center to hold open house

LIVERMORE FALLS — As the town celebrates its past during the annual History Night on Friday, May 24, the Western Maine Family Health Center is looking to the future. The Livermore Falls practice recently moved into a newly renovated, state-of-the-art medical facility and is holding an open ...

Business • Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 11:20 pm

Labor union files complaint against Auburn marijuana grower

A national labor union on Monday morning filed a formal complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against the medical marijuana operation that runs a cultivation center in Auburn. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union’s complaint, filed on behalf of curre... 3

Whit Richardson, Bangor Daily News • Business • Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 8:25 am

Supreme Court rules for Monsanto

WASHINGTON — Farmers must pay Monsanto each time they plant the company's genetically modified soybeans, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting an Indiana farmer's argument that his unorthodox techniques did not violate the company's patent. Farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman asserted that... 2

Robert Barnes, The Washington Post • Nation • Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Daisy Award goes to Brewer-Dube

BRIDGTON — Bridgton Hospital presented its most recent DAISY Award to Carolyn Brewer-Dube, R.N., a staff nurse in the oncology clinic. She was honored for exemplary commitment to her oncology patients, specifically cited by her two nominations to receive this award. A resident of Ray...

Business • Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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