NORWAY — Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation recently recognized two long-term employees. Heather Jackson and Jody Brackett received the Maine Health Care Association’s ‘Excellence in Long Term Caregiver’ Award. Heather is the Dietary Manager and has worked at Norway Center for 19 years. Jody is a CRMA on the Residential Care unit and has […]
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Creative Norway announces new director
NORWAY — Creative Norway is pleased to announce that local community organizer Jessica Cooper has been named the new executive director of the organization. “Jess Cooper is everything an organization could hope for in leadership,” said Jonathan Leavitt, founder and former executive director. “She is passionate about the need for creative opportunities, she is knowledgeable […]
Kaubris named President’s Award Winner
MEXICO — Matt Kaubris, CEO at Oxford Federal Credit Union, has been named the 2021 President’s Award winner by the Maine Credit Union League. This award, selected by League President/CEO Todd Mason, honors the League’s volunteer of the year. Matt was recognized with this award because of his consistent willingness to engage and lend his […]
SBA announces opening of PPP Direct Forgiveness portal
NATION — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $150,000 or less through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA. “The SBA’s new streamlined application portal will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses — including many […]
MaineHealth raises wages for care team members
PORTLAND — MaineHealth, northern New England’s largest health system and Maine’s largest private employer, announced today that it is making a $61 million investment in its workforce by raising wages across its system, including setting a system-wide minimum wage for the organization of $17 per hour. The wage increases will include a market adjustment to […]
From May Day Play Day to June Day Field Day
AREA — Each year Rotary Club of Oxford Hills puts on May Day Play Day the Saturday before Mother’s Day. This year and last, we were not able to run this program. The program usually would service 400-500 youth in the Oxford Hills. Thinking outside the box, we decided to take those funds that were […]
Betsy Sawyer-Manter receives business leadership award
LEWISTON — At their Annual Awards Celebration on June 24, the LA Metro Chamber presented Betsy Sawyer-Manter, President and CEO of SeniorsPlus, with the 2021 Theresa Samson Women’s Business Leadership Award. SeniorsPlus is the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties. Sawyer-Manter has been the President and CEO of SeniorsPlus since […]
NSB donates $100,000 to SMH
NORWAY — As a rural hospital that relies heavily on the generosity of its donors to help improve the level of care we provide for thousands across our region, Stephens gratefully acknowledges a generous $100,000 gift that Norway Savings Bank made recently, to support the $500K Matching Challenge in honor of Bob Bahre. This […]
Johnson joins Central Maine Healthcare
LEWISTON — Kara Aleixo Johnson, JD, has joined Central Maine Healthcare as system director of philanthropy. In this leadership role, Johnson is responsible for the planning and implementation of all fundraising efforts for Central Maine Healthcare, including a portfolio of major gift prospects and donors and building broad-based private support for annual giving, endowments and […]
New Maine Judicial Branch website launches
PORTLAND — We are very excited to announce the launch of our newly designed website. Visit us at www.courts.maine.gov. After months of hard work and dedication, we are delighted to officially announce the launch of our newly designed website which was released on December 14, 2020. The new site contains many new features to foster improved communication […]