LEWISTON — Community Credit Union hosted a Community Recycle Day on April 24 to help community members do their part in celebrating Earth Day. The event included shredding personal documents for identity protection and alternatives to keep household items and tires out of landfills, and collected an estimated $375 in donations for the SHAREcenter to […]

AUBURN — Starting in the 2021-22 academic year, two Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist will join the staff at Saint Dominic Academy as teachers while also overseeing and enhancing campus ministry on both the Auburn and Lewiston campuses. Sister Christianna Hamman, FSE, and Sister Francesca Silver, FSE, will each bring extensive experience along with enthusiasm […]

AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Abby Davis for its Auburn location. Davis primarily grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and attended Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her four-year tour in the U.S. Coast Guard allowed her some traveling before settling in Maine. She graduated from Hesser College in New […]

AUGUSTA — The Finance Authority of Maine recently welcomed Bettyann Sheats of Auburn to its board of directors. She was nominated by Gov. Janet Mills in late January and confirmed by the Legislature in late February. Sheats owns a small specialty construction business. She previously served two terms in the Maine House of Representatives, where […]

AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader has hired Deanna Lavoie for the team at its Auburn location. Lavoie grew up in Buckfield on a large ranch and attended Buckfield Junior-Senior High School. She graduated from Worcester State University with a double major in biology/chemistry and a minor in marketing. She obtained her […]

Ware-Butler Building Supply and its parent company Pleasant River Lumber will acquire three longtime building supply and hardware retailers in a move expected to help better serve Maine’s builders, contractors, and homeowners. Phinney Lumber in Gorham, Puiia Lumber Company in Mexico and Jordan Lumber Company in Kingfield will all become part of the Ware-Butler and Pleasant […]

LEWISTON — Geiger, the nation’s largest privately held promotional products distributor, recently presented its President’s Awards at the annual companywide virtual fireside chat. This award is the highest recognition that may be conferred on associates at Geiger. The President’s Awards are given based on five areas of accomplishment: business achievement, community service, customer satisfaction, leadership […]

LEWISTON — For the sixth time in a row, Central Maine Medical Center earned an A, the highest grade possible, for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group, a national advocate for hospital transparency. This national distinction recognizes CMMC’s commitment to eliminating patient harm and its success in engaging team members at every level of the […]

FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital received an A grade Thursday in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Franklin’s achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. This is the second consecutive time that FMH has received an A grade in the same survey period. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade […]