Members of the University of Maine at Farmington staff were recently recognized with the university’s annual Distinguished UMF Staff Awards. The program was created in 2013 to highlight the dedicated and excellent service UMF staff members provide every day to assist UMF students, campus colleagues and members of the public. From left, Kathryn A. Foster, […]
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Yearwood joins OTT Communications
NEW GLOUCESTER — OTT Communications, a division of Otelco Inc., announces the hiring of Paul Yearwood as financial analyst. He will be based out of OTT’s New Gloucester office. Yearwood joins OTT after previous roles in accounting/finance with Mallory Safety & Supply and New Outlook Financial, both based in Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Marylhurst […]
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Hancock Lumber upgrades power supply
BETHEL — During the past 10 years, Hancock Lumber has worked hard to successfully reduce its consumption of electricity by installing energy efficient LED lighting and high efficiency electrical motors. As of Saturday, Oct. 21, Hancock Lumber’s Bethel sawmill began generating most of its own power with a newly installed steam turbine generator. The system […]
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Teacher wins $15,000 award
Jeff Bailey of Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, left, receives a 2017 Lawrence W. O’Toole Award from Nick Donohue, president and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. Bailey was one of 12 educators recognized with this $15,000 award for leading efforts to advance and scale student-centered approaches to learning in public high schools […]
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AHCH new physician leadership
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice announces new physician leadership and an addition to the hospice medical staff. Elizabeth Hart, M.D., has been named the organization’s director of medical services and will provide leadership and oversight of all programs, including medically necessary health care at home, home hospice and the Hospice House. Hart joined […]
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Lu joins Central Maine Surgical
LEWISTON — Chia-jung Karen Lu, MD, has joined the staff at Central Maine Surgical Associates at 12 High St., Suite 401. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark., and a fellowship in surgical critical care at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Lu is […]
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TCMHS presents Giving Voice Award
At its annual meeting recently at the Hilton Garden Inn, Tri-County Mental Health Services presented its Giving Voice Award to John Bonner of Leeds, an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services. The award recognizes an individual or group of individuals for extraordinary efforts on behalf of consumers. At the award presentation were, from […]
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Sunday River receives award
Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry received the Maine School Boards Association Business Friend of Education Award for the support it has given to School Administrative District 44 students through the decades. Sunday River was nominated by the school board and honored at the Maine School Management Association’s Annual Fall Conference on Oct. 26 in […]
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Chamber presents annual business awards
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce presented its annual business awards Oct. 25 in the North Dining Hall of the University of Maine at Farmington. The Rising Star Award went to the Azulene Day Spa. The Community Service Award was presented to Bangor Savings Bank. Expenet Technologies took home the Business of the Year Award. […]
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Business workshop series starts Nov. 6
JAY — The Maine Small Business Development Centers, in collaboration with New Ventures Maine, is sponsoring a workshop series on small-business essentials. The workshop series will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 6, 13 and 20, at Spruce Mountain High School. The workshop is for people considering starting a business and for established […]