AUBURN — Schooner Estates Senior Living Community has been named by Caring.com as a 2022 Caring Super Star for service excellence in senior living. This year, out of 158 Caring Star communities across the country, Schooner Estates represents the state of Maine with one other facility, Atria Senior Living in Kennebunk. With millions of visitors, […]
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Norway Savings Bank donates to Western Foothills Land Trust
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank has given the Western Foothills Land Trust a $15,000 grant, payable over three years, to help purchase a state-of-the art Pisten Bully snow groomer for the Roberts Farm Preserve. The trust has signed a lease-to-own arrangement with Kassaboher of Auburn. With its tiller capacity and ability to gather snow onto […]
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AVCOG hosts free webinar: Nuts and Bolts of Google My Business
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments is presenting the free webinar Nuts and Bolts of Google My Business with Corey Zimmerman from The WanderWeb on Jan. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. It’s open to businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofits in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Eighty-six percent of searches on the internet are […]
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Poland Spring, associates donate meals and heating funds
POLAND – Poland Spring and its associates from its bottling facilities in Poland, Hollis and Kingfield made several December donations to help keep Mainers warm and support local families in need. Poland Spring donated thousands of dollars in heating assistance to seven Maine communities, including $10,000 to the town of Fryeburg, $5,000 to the town […]
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UScellular donates to Kaydenz Kitchen
LEWISTON — UScellular donated $500 to Kaydenz Kitchen as part of its Locally Grown Joy campaign to help support the organization’s operating costs. The donation was one of more than 70 across the county as part of the campaign. In 2019, UScellular celebrated Kayden Boilard, who founded the nonprofit with her family, as one of […]
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Better Homes and Gardens The Masiello Group donates to Promise Early Education Center
AUBURN — Better Homes and Gardens The Masiello Group raised more than $800 in its annual snowsuit drive for the Promise Early Education Center. The funds bought gloves and more than 22 full sets of snowsuits. As the Head Start program for Androscoggin County, Promise provides a safe environment in which children learn and grow. […]
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OTELCO hires 6 new employees for New Gloucester office
NEW GLOUCESTER — OTELCO has hired several new team members for its New Gloucester office. Dagmar Klosenski joins the company as a project manager. She has over 20 years of experience in business development, business change, marketing, testing, training and other areas, including working with Elin, a company that produces electric motors for trains, turbines […]
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Budget Document Technology earns tech magazine’s ‘Elite Dealer’ award
LEWISTON — Budget Document Technology was recently named a 2021 Elite Dealer by leading office technology publication, ENX Magazine. This is the third time Budget Document Technology has been chosen among the nation’s top office technology dealerships. Budget Document Technology has been an independently owned, New England-based office technology and equipment dealer since 1989. The […]
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New Ventures Maine offers free online business planning course
FARMINGTON — New Ventures Maine has an open call for Venturing Forth: Business Planning for Entrepreneurs, its free online course that starts Jan. 26. For new entrepreneurs or existing business owners, Venturing Forth helps businesspeople create a written business plan from start to finish with feedback from facilitators and fellow entrepreneurs. The 14-week course covers […]
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Workforce Maine offering dislocated workers help through new federal grant funding
Recognizing the national economic emergency caused by the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued a National Dislocated Workers Grant to assist workers who have been dislocated as a result of COVID-19. This emergency grant provides individualized assistance to anyone over 18 whose job has been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Working through the […]