PORTLAND — The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs has awarded the first of a series of diversity scholarships to Top Gun 2021 participant Community Staffing Partners in Lewiston. The $500 scholarship covers the Top Gun fee for a client company that promotes racial and gender diversity and inclusion. Community Staffing Partners has a mission of helping […]

BETHEL — Mahoosuc Land Trust has hired conservation professional Spenser Williams to run its land stewardship programs in the Mahoosuc Region in Maine and New Hampshire. Williams’ past roles as trail designer-builder, naturalist and Geographic Information Systems specialist will be key as Mahoosuc Land Trust’s conserved land base and recreational use of its lands grow. […]

LEWISTON — Spectrum Orthopaedics-Auburn, formerly Central Maine Orthopaedics, is now part of the Central Maine Healthcare team and is adopting a new name: Central Maine Healthcare Orthopedics. Joining the CMH team are eight orthopedic surgeons, four physician assistants and more than 80 experienced team members. The practice will continue at its Minot Avenue and Rumford […]

LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare Oncology Institute has hired renowned plastic and reconstructive surgeon Therese K. White as the director of the Breast Care Center. One of the leading breast reconstruction surgeons in Maine, White also specializes in hand surgery, skin cancer reconstruction and body contouring. She was most recently president of Plastic and Hand […]

LEWISTON — Geiger, the nation’s largest privately held promotional products distributor, recently presented its quarterly Geiger Star Awards to associates, who have been nominated by fellow associates in recognition of their efforts to work the values of The Geiger Way. Chris Pomerleau, facilities manager, helped with projects that included the Educate Maine virtual event, with […]

NORWAY — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine has hired Stephanie LeBlond as an oncology social worker, on a part-time basis, to assist with patients’ emotional, financial and basic needs. Funding for LeBlond’s position is a result of a one-year operating grant from the Maine Cancer Foundation. LeBlond also holds a part-time position as […]

AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Rachel Grignon to the team at its Auburn location. Grignon grew up in Wilton and attended Mt. Blue High School in Farmington. She graduated from the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She is the general manager of the Orono […]

AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Tiffany Poland for the team at its Auburn location. Poland grew up in Greene and attended Leavitt Area High School. She graduated from the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in developmental psychology. She has a wide variety background in marketing, customer service, home […]

AUBURN — Central Maine Community College has earned the 2021-22 Military Friendly School designation. Institutions earning the designation were evaluated using public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Over 1,200 schools participated in the survey with 747 earning the designation. Methodology, criteria and weightings were determined by Viqtory with input from the Military […]

BRUNSWICK — Coastal Enterprises has hired Azenaide Pedro as the workforce solutions team’s new program specialist. Originally from Angola, Pedro came to Maine three years ago from Johannesburg, South Africa, where she received a bachelor’s degree in public health from Monash University. In 2020, she was one of the first individuals to apply for the […]