SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for business and community awards recognizing the best of the best in Oxford Hills. Business of the Year: Criteria for the award includes excellence in one or more of the following areas: dynamic products or services, contributions to the Oxford Hills region […]

LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System has hired Marissa Tardif, a family nurse practitioner, to St. Mary’s Medical Associates. Tardif has over a decade of healthcare experience. She is a board-certified family nurse practitioner who earned a master of science degree in nursing from Simmons University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from […]

AUBURN — John F. Murphy Homes Inc. has named Todd Goodwin as chief executive officer. Goodwin assumed the position Jan. 1 upon the retirement of long-serving CEO Peter Kowalski. Goodwin brings extensive executive experience in Maine’s nonprofit sector serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism, mental illness and substance abuse disorders.

AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer the American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers course from 8 a.m. to noon, Friday, Feb. 7. The course is designed to provide healthcare professionals with the skills to keep people alive until they can be brought […]

LEWISTON — Trisha Dubois, wound resource nurse at Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice, was awarded the inaugural staff hospice award, the 2019 Hospice Hero Award at a recent Hospice Grand Rounds meeting. The nomination was made through Androscoggin’s leadership and hospice clinicians. The Hospice Hero Award is presented to an employee at Androscoggin who demonstrates […]

ATLANTA — The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations in Oxford County as a result of the extreme cold, temperature fluctuations and winterkill from Dec. 1, 2018, through April 20, 2019. Under this […]

NORWAY — SCORE Oxford Hills will hold a free small business workshop on Maine Technology Institute Funding Options from 9-10 a.m. Jan. 8 at the Norway Town Office, 19 Danforth St. MTI offers grants, loans, equity investments and services to support Maine’s innovation economy. They support new ideas, products, or methods with the potential to […]

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards dinner from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham Lewiston. The evening honors members of the region who have significantly contributed to the success of the area. It includes a cocktail hour, live […]

BRIDGTON — Howell Laboratories has appointed Joseph McDonnell as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. McDonnell is senior vice president of HLI and has directed its Howell Division since joining the company in 2001. He replaces David Allen, who has headed the company since 2011 and is retiring. Allen will remain on the board of […]

LEWISTON — Rinck Advertising recently won three awards, including Best in Show, at the Maine Public Relations Council 2019 Golden Arrow Awards ceremony. Rinck earned the Best in Show award for its “VetriScience Helps a Veteran Pay it Forward” campaign, which received a perfect score of 100 from judges. The campaign also received a Gold […]