AUGUSTA — William Tracy, CEO and president of Auburn Savings Bank, has been appointed to a two-year term as a voting business member of the Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board. Tracy has been with Auburn Savings Bank since 2011. He was previously vice president and director of business banking/senior business officer at Gorham Savings […]

AUBURN — The Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation recently awarded a grant of $649 to the Pine Tree Society’s Early Learning Center in Auburn. The center provides early intervention and educational programming for children ages 3 to 6. While each child comes with unique strengths and challenges, the center has a common goal for all its […]

AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer a course titled Individual Goal Setting from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12. The course is all setting and achieving goals, whether professional, academic or personal. The session will guide participants through the importance of setting intentions, writing specific objectives […]

FARMINGTON — Dr. Jacob Ledesma has joined the Franklin Memorial Hospital medical staff as a provider at Franklin Health Internal Medicine and on the hospital’s inpatient unit. Ledesma received his medical degree at Loma Linda University in California, followed by an internal medicine residency at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. He started his medical […]

LEWISTON — The Maine International Trade Center will hold a learning session for companies discovering they’ve become an “accidental exporter” from 4-6 p.m. March 11 at Fish Bones Grill at 70 Lincoln St. Join the center for networking, food and a brief presentation on the key things to think about when selling your products outside […]

FARMINGTON — Nancy Chaney, a registered nurse at Franklin Memorial Hospital, has earned the certified pediatric emergency nurse credential from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. The credential is held by a registered nurse who possesses advanced critical thinking and highly developed skills in providing emergency care to pediatric patients and their families. Chaney […]

FARMINGTON — E.L.B. Construction Inc., owned by Eric L. Burgess and previously from the Rangeley area, has moved its offices to Farmington at 320 Bailey Hill Road. E.L.B. Construction performs all levels of building and remodeling, design services and plowing in the winter months.

AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer the Supervising People: Essential Skills for Leaders course on Fridays, starting March 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and ending on April 3. No manager looks forward to approaching employees about job-performance problems, yet few tasks are more […]

ELLSWORTH — The Maine Community Foundation has appointed John Ochira as a program officer managing the Androscoggin and Cumberland county committees and grant programs that serve Greater Portland. Prior to coming to MaineCF, Ochira was a disability benefit specialist at Unum. He is president of the South Sudanese Community Association of Maine and founder and […]

LEWISTON — The Promise Early Education Center recently recognized Barbara Stevens with the We Promise Award for Compassion. The award recognizes employees who are understanding, encouraging, validating, have empathy and are great at listening and providing positive feedback.