NEW GLOUCESTER — OTELCO has hired Eric Proulx as the director of network operations in its New Gloucester office. Proulx has 24 years of experience in the communication industry working for Bell Atlantic, Verizon, FairPoint and Consolidated Communications. He has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maine and is […]

LEWISTON — The Maine Music Society welcomed Karen McArthur to its board of directors. A longtime audience member, McArthur joined the Maine Music Society Chorale and Chamber Singers in early 2019. She also sings with her church choir where she is a cantor. She lives in Lewiston with her husband of 32 years, Brad, their […]

AUBURN — Alice Mogensen has joined Bangor Savings Bank as an assistant vice president and mortgage loan officer. Mogensen brings more than eight years of lending and retail banking experience to her new role. Ardent in her support for the Lewiston-Auburn community, she is serving as chairwoman of the Maine Community Foundation for the Androscoggin […]

NORWAY — Jill Millett of Chalmers Insurance Group has earned the Safeco Insurance Award of Excellence, an honor recognizing superior underwriting skill that is achieved by a select group of agents across the country who sell Safeco Insurance. The award honors outstanding agents who have developed a solid underwriting relationship with Safeco and whose agencies […]

LEWISTON — The YWCA Board of Directors is pleased to announce our new officers. President: Tonya Bailey-Curry is a staff therapist at Bates College who works from a background in social work grounded in relationship building, community engagement and the promotion of equity and inclusion. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work […]

LEWISTON — Nicole Evans has joined the American Red Cross of Northern New England as executive director of the Central and Mid Coast Maine Chapter. Evans brings more than 20 years of experience in community impact, development and communications to the role. As the chapter’s executive director, she represents the Red Cross in the community, […]

AUBURN — Attorney Andrew Zulieve of Skelton Taintor & Abbott has been appointed by the Maine State Bar Association’s Board of Governors as leader of the group’s Intellectual Property Section for 2020. Zulieve’s practice covers all non-patent areas of intellectual property law, trademarks and brand protection, copyrights, design rights, trade secrets, licensing, rights of publicity, […]

LEWISTON — Community Concepts will welcome a new chief financial officer in August. Laura Gormley originally joined the community action agency in March 2017 as the director of finance. Kevin Mahoney, who has served as chief financial officer since 2017, will be retiring effective July 31. Gormley has spent 20 years in the accounting and […]

FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital recognized seven nursing and direct care professionals who demonstrate exceptional clinical practice and professionalism through the organization’s ninth annual Nursing and Direct Care Professionals Excellence Awards. Those recognized support the advancement of patient care by demonstrating MaineHealth’s core values of patient centered, respect, integrity, excellence, ownership and innovation. Five nurses […]