AUBURN — Connectivity Point Design & Installation has acquired DaneTech, Inc., based in Johnston, Rhode Island. For more than 20 years, DaneTech has offered sales, installation and integration of IP camera systems, card access entry systems, intercom systems, paging and commercial sound systems, A/V systems and installation of low-voltage cabling infrastructure. The acquisition follows the […]
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Jordan Payne Hay joins Maine Women’s Network – Androscoggin Chapter board
AUBURN — Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorney Jordan Payne Hay has joined the board of the Maine Women’s Network – Androscoggin Chapter. Maine Women’s Network is a statewide nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase women’s professional growth and leadership skills through networking and education. Hay’s practice at Skelton Taintor & Abbott includes employment law, […]
Maine Standard donates bikes to Hillview Apartments youth
LEWISTON — Maine Standard, a Portland company that collects and refines cooking oil waste from around New England, sponsored its first bike drive for the children of Hillview Apartments. Owner and President Jarmin Kaltsas and Jason Versey, director of fuel sales and acquisitions and himself a childhood resident of Hillview, donated eight refurbished bikes valued […]
St. Mary’s hires Dr. Basem Elbrolosy
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System, a member of Covenant Health, has hired primary care provider Dr. Basem Elbrolosy to its Poland Family Practice. Elbrolosy focuses on family medicine and earned his medical degree from the University of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt. Elbrolosy is accepting new patients at St. Mary’s Poland Family Practice at 1230 […]
Great Falls Dental Associates hires Dr. Florence S. Edwards
AUBURN — Great Falls Dental Associates has hired Dr. Florence S. Edwards as an associate general dentist. Edwards will join a team of dental health care professionals offering a wide array of services and treatments. With her hiring, Great Falls Dental will now offer extractions in-house and additional office hours on Fridays. Before joining Great […]
Bedard Pharmacy & Medical Supplies promotes Benjamin Nadeau
AUBURN — Bedard Pharmacy & Medical Supplies has named Benjamin Nadeau as its new chief executive officer. Following in the footsteps of his father, Michael Nadeau, and grandfather, Alcide Nadeau, he is the third generation Nadeau to take the helm of Bedard. Michael Nadeau will become chairman of the board and he and Annette Nadeau […]
Franklin County community groups to host transportation summit
FARMINGTON — A coalition of community organizations interested in strengthening transportation in the region is convening a summit Oct. 8 via Zoom. Titled Community Conversation: Moving Transportation Forward in Greater Franklin County, participants include United Way of the Tri-Valley Area, Community Concepts, Franklin Community Health Network, Greater Franklin Development Council, Kennebec Valley Community Action Program […]
Hammond Lumber Co. names new senior leadership team
BELGRADE — Hammond Lumber Co. has announced the creation of a new senior leadership team. Mike Hammond, president and CEO of the fourth-generation, family-owned, Maine company, has appointed internal promotions and several new roles within the company that includes several local people. Mitch Bickford is vice president of business processes and has been with the […]
International Paper donates to Trinity Jubilee Center
LEWISTON — Trinity Jubilee Center has been awarded a $2,000 grant from International Paper’s Auburn plant and the International Paper Foundation. Funds will support the Center’s Feeding L-A Project, including the soup kitchen and food pantry. The center’s soup kitchen is serving over 4,000 lunches each month to the hungry and homeless. The food pantry […]
International Paper donates to Spurwink
LEWISTON — Spurwink has been awarded a $2,000 grant from International Paper’s Auburn plant and the International Paper Foundation. Funds will support the expansion of therapeutic gardening on Spurwink’s Lewiston day treatment campus. Therapeutic gardening helps students develop social, practical and vocational skills, and helps build community. Students with developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges […]