BELGRADE — Hammond Lumber Co. has announced the creation of a new senior leadership team. Mike Hammond, president and CEO of the fourth-generation, family-owned, Maine company, has appointed internal promotions and several new roles within the company that includes several local people. Mitch Bickford is vice president of business processes and has been with the […]

AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Nykki Stevens to the team at its Auburn location. Stevens grew up in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School. She graduated from the University of New England with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and the University of Maine Farmington with a master’s degree […]

LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System, a member of Covenant Health, has hired two new primary care providers, Dr. Hoang Dang and Dr. Diana Trofimovitch. Dang holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and earned his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. Trofimovitch holds a Bachelor […]

LEWISTON — At its August meeting, the United Way of Androscoggin County board of directors voted in seven new members for the 2020-2021 term. They are: • Maureen Aube, associate dean of finance and general services, Central Maine Community College • Bobbi Avery, chief administrative officer, Lewiston Public Schools • Patricia Gilbert, vice president of […]

FARMINGTON — Allied Physical Therapy has hired Steve Noorda to join the practice in Farmington. Noorda was raised in Utah and received his doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Subsequently, he worked at a PT clinic in Columbus, Ohio. Physical therapists are licensed health care professionals who treat individuals of […]

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts has hired Stephanie Chu-O’Neil as the new site coordinator for its free after-school program: CASA – Creative After-School Arts. The program is open to students in grades 5-12, and will meet Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday after school until 5 p.m. Chu-O’Neil will bring her expertise and experience in […]

LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System recently hired Jeffrey Hundman as vice president of finance/CFO and appointed Coleen Elias as CEO/CFO of Community Clinical Services. Prior to joining Covenant Health, Hundman was CFO with The Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pennsylvania, a not-for-profit health system in Pennsylvania and New York, where his responsibilities included accounting for […]

RUMFORD — Franklin Savings Bank has promoted longtime River Valley loan officer Leanne Gagne to assistant vice president status. Gagne is an experienced residential and installment lender, currently in her 32nd year of service at Franklin Savings Bank. She and her husband are longtime residents of Dixfield, where they raised their two adult children. Gagne […]

JAY – OTIS Federal Credit Union held a yard sale in its member parking lot to raise money for the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger on Aug. 22. Eight employees volunteered their time. This year’s annual yard sale raised a record total of $2,126.72 for the Campaign for Ending Hunger in Maine. All […]