PORTLAND – Chris Bicknell, executive director of New Beginnings, and Misty Parker, economic development manager for Lewiston, recently completed the 2019 John T. Gorman Fellowship. The intensive program is designed to strengthen their ability to make a measurable difference in the lives of disadvantaged Mainers. This is the third cohort for the program, which was […]

AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer a CompTIA A+ certification course starting Jan. 6. It will run Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Feb. 19. The course aims to give students the confidence to pass the certification tests to add ‘A+ […]

AUBURN — Andrew Zulieve, an attorney with Skelton Taintor & Abbott, was guest speaker at the Nov. 20 Rockland Rotary Luncheon. His presentation focused on common misconceptions of trademark law by businesses and the legal problems they can create. Zulieve explained the legal perils of adopting a descriptive or weak trademark, adopting a mark that […]

LEWISTON — Timothy Kenlan of Lewiston has joined the Tri-County Mental Health Services’ board of directors representing Lewiston. Kenlan is a litigation and trial attorney at Berman & Simmons, PA where he has a personal injury, products liability, medical malpractice and civil rights practice. Kenlan earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maine […]

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host two speakers and a mini marketplace at its breakfast Dec. 12 at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham. It will be held from 6:45-9 a.m. Regina Mullins from Thistle Farms in Tennessee will speak about a multimillion-dollar social enterprise that is doing […]

LEWISTON – Trisha Dubois, a wound resource nurse at Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice, presented at Wild on Wounds, a national wound care conference in September in Las Vegas. Dubois presented “Dressing for Dignity,” a series of case studies demonstrating achievement of chronic and palliative wound care goals while providing efficient, cost-effective and creative wound, […]

AUBURN — Caring.com selected Schooner Estates Senior Living Community as a Caring Star of 2020 for service excellence in senior living. They earned 5 stars in consumer ratings and reviews from their tenants and tenants’ family members on Caring.com. Among the 149 Caring Star communities across the country, Schooner Estates is the only community in Maine […]

CAMDEN — The Finance Authority of Maine presented Camden National Bank with the Lender at Work for Maine Award at its annual Showcase Maine in Portland. The award category is reserved for lenders with assets of $1.5 billion or more. This is the bank’s 10th time as a FAME awardee. Over the past year, Camden […]

AUBURN — Curry Caputo has been hired as an instructor in the Building Construction Technology program at Central Maine Community College. A native of Pittston, Caputo graduated from the College of the Atlantic with a degree in human ecology. He is a certified building analyst through the Building Performance Institute and served previously as president […]