LEWISTON — Geiger announced it has acquired Fogelsville, Pennsylvania-based distributor Five Thousand Forms, doing business as GiveMeFive.com. The acquisition is part of its continued expansion strategy focused on broadening its client base and services nationally. Herb Levy, 55-year industry veteran, started Five Thousand Forms with Linda Levy in 1973. As another family-owned and operated company, […]
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Ocean State Job Lot donates PPE to area schools
OXFORD — The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation is donating personal protective equipment, including face shields, antibacterial and disinfecting hand wipes and hand sanitizer to school systems in the 142 communities where it has stores. The total retail value is up to $24,000. The foundation’s donation is up to $3.4 million across the Northeast. […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy hires Kirk Dwyer
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy’s Head of School Kate Webber Punderson has hired Kirk Dwyer to CVA’s senior administration and coaching team. Dwyer is the executive director and alpine program director at Ski and Snowboard Club Vail. In this role he oversees Alpine, snowboard, freestyle and Nordic as well as all the areas needed […]
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Daughters buy Fontaine Family Team business from Brenda Fontaine
AUBURN — Fontaine Family Team – The Real Estate Leader, a business over 60 agents strong and the recipient of the 2019 Maine Family Business of the Year, has been sold to the second generation of daughters, Melissa Fontaine-Field, Angie Fontaine-Larochelle and Crystal Fontaine-Bergeron. With a combined 70 years of leadership experience in real estate, […]
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Colby College promotes Randi Arsenault
WATERVILLE — Randi Arsenault of Norway has been named assistant vice president of admissions and financial aid and dean of admissions at Colby, effective July 1. A member of the Class of 2009, Arsenault began her career at VOX Global, a strategic communications agency based in Washington, D.C. She returned to Colby in 2010 and […]
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Community Credit Union promotes Kelsye Smith
LEWISTON — Community Credit Union has promoted Kelsye Smith from financial service representative to payment specialist. This change in role will move Smith from daily member service, new accounts and loan closings to managing the credit and debit card services for the credit union. In December 2020, Smith received her Certified Credit Union Financial Counselor […]
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Franklin Memorial Hospital earns industry recognition
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital has been recognized as a 2021 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Hospital Strength INDEX. Over the past 11 years, the INDEX has grown […]
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Bangor Savings Bank donates to Franklin County Animal Shelter, Responsible Pet Care
BANGOR — In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its iconic Christmas Kittens commercial, Bangor Savings Bank has donated $12,000 to 12 animal shelters and rescue organizations across Maine and New Hampshire. Franklin County Animal Shelter and Responsible Pet Care in South Paris both received $1,000. This past holiday season, the bank invited the public […]
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Maine Center for Entrepreneurs gives diversity scholarship to Lewiston company
PORTLAND — The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs has awarded the first of a series of diversity scholarships to Top Gun 2021 participant Community Staffing Partners in Lewiston. The $500 scholarship covers the Top Gun fee for a client company that promotes racial and gender diversity and inclusion. Community Staffing Partners has a mission of helping […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust hires Spenser Williams
BETHEL — Mahoosuc Land Trust has hired conservation professional Spenser Williams to run its land stewardship programs in the Mahoosuc Region in Maine and New Hampshire. Williams’ past roles as trail designer-builder, naturalist and Geographic Information Systems specialist will be key as Mahoosuc Land Trust’s conserved land base and recreational use of its lands grow. […]