LISBON – Lisbon Credit Union raised $17,000 in 2019 as part of the Maine Credit Union League’s Ending Hunger in Maine Campaign. It is splitting the funds between the Lisbon Area Christian Outreach food pantry and Trinity Jubilee Center of Lewiston. Fundraisers last year included the annual summer basket raffle and autumn bake sale and […]

NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank has again earned BauerFinancial Inc.’s highest 5-Star rating for financial strength and stability. The rating indicates the bank excels in areas, including capital adequacy, profitability and asset quality. The bank was additionally recognized as a “Best of Bauer Bank” for having held that rating for 25 years or more. BauerFinancial […]

NEW GLOUCESTER — OTELCO has named Catherine Johnston as the company’s new director of sales. Johnston, who brings 20 years of business technology leadership experience, will oversee the daily operation of the sales organization in all service areas in New England, Alabama and Missouri. Prior to joining OTELCO, Johnston was the direct sales manager for […]

LEWISTON — Catherine Ryder, chief executive officer of Tri-County Mental Health Services, is joining the board of Mental Health Corporations of America. Mental Health Corporations of America is an invitation-only national association of behavioral health care organizations with a mission and vision dedicated to advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in behavioral health care by enhancing leadership […]

AUGUSTA — William Tracy, CEO and president of Auburn Savings Bank, has been appointed to a two-year term as a voting business member of the Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board. Tracy has been with Auburn Savings Bank since 2011. He was previously vice president and director of business banking/senior business officer at Gorham Savings […]

AUBURN — The Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation recently awarded a grant of $649 to the Pine Tree Society’s Early Learning Center in Auburn. The center provides early intervention and educational programming for children ages 3 to 6. While each child comes with unique strengths and challenges, the center has a common goal for all its […]

AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer a course titled Individual Goal Setting from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12. The course is all setting and achieving goals, whether professional, academic or personal. The session will guide participants through the importance of setting intentions, writing specific objectives […]

FARMINGTON — Dr. Jacob Ledesma has joined the Franklin Memorial Hospital medical staff as a provider at Franklin Health Internal Medicine and on the hospital’s inpatient unit. Ledesma received his medical degree at Loma Linda University in California, followed by an internal medicine residency at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. He started his medical […]

LEWISTON — The Maine International Trade Center will hold a learning session for companies discovering they’ve become an “accidental exporter” from 4-6 p.m. March 11 at Fish Bones Grill at 70 Lincoln St. Join the center for networking, food and a brief presentation on the key things to think about when selling your products outside […]

FARMINGTON — Nancy Chaney, a registered nurse at Franklin Memorial Hospital, has earned the certified pediatric emergency nurse credential from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. The credential is held by a registered nurse who possesses advanced critical thinking and highly developed skills in providing emergency care to pediatric patients and their families. Chaney […]