LEWISTON — Geiger, a top 10 industry distributor, has promoted Elizabeth Fagan to vice president of Crestline. Fagan will oversee all aspects of the Crestline business unit including sales, marketing, operations, customer service, customer acquisition, eCommerce, financial performance and customer satisfaction. Before joining Crestline in 2019 as director of sales and marketing, Fagan held positions […]
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Good Shepherd Food Bank recognizes largest 2021 corporate donors
AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank recently recognized the largest donors in 2021 within its Corporate Partners for a Hunger-Free Maine. The donors are a group of socially responsible corporations and their corporate foundations that support the food bank in providing food to people facing food insecurity across Maine through its statewide partner agency network […]
Sen. King urges Biden to open northern border to vaccinated Canadians
In a letter to the president, Angus King and seven other U.S. senators highlight the economic and emotional strains the closure has on states like Maine.
OTELCO hires Benjamin Cleveland
NEW GLOUCESTER — OTELCO has hired Benjamin Cleveland as a senior project manager in its New Gloucester office. Cleveland has a bachelor’s degree in political science/history and is pursuing a master’s degree in project management from Northeastern. He is a resident of Portland.
Photos/Video: Auburn high school construction progresses
An aerial view of the massive project to build a new Edward Little High School.
Pick-your-own hemp season opens in Whitefield
Sheepscot General Farm, one of only a few dozen licensed hemp growers in Maine, offers four strains of hemp plants to people who want to make their own CBD products.
Thirty-day countdown starts for Maine lobster industry restrictions to protect right whales
A more than 950-square-mile area of the Gulf of Maine will be off limits to traditional lobstering starting Oct. 18.
City of Lewiston promotes four
LEWISTON — The city of Lewiston has promoted four employees in the last month. Heather Theriault was promoted to human resources director. She formerly served as Lewiston’s benefits administrator since 2017. She graduated from Saint Joseph’s College with her bachelor’s degree in human resources in 2013 and from the University of Southern New Hampshire with […]
St. Mary’s Health System hires Debra Anthoine
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System, a member of Covenant Health, has hired Debra Anthoine to the foundation team as its executive director of philanthropy. Anthoine will be responsible for the hospital’s comprehensive philanthropic program, which includes annual funds, major and leadership gift development, capital fund programs, planned-giving and donor stewardship. Anthoine is a lifelong […]
Maine public sector employees are subject to Biden’s vaccine-or-testing mandate
Maine is among 26 states that have agreements with the federal government that require adoption and enforcement of all OSHA standards.