LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare and Healthy Androscoggin recently announced that Erin Guay, MPH, has been recognized by the Maine Public Health Association as the state’s Public Health Rising Star. The award was presented at MPHA’s spring awards ceremony in Augusta on May 31. Guay is executive director of Healthy Androscoggin, a coalition of local […]
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Former Lewiston surgeon now in Portland
PORTLAND — Mercy Hospital announces that Nina Edwards, MD, has joined Portland Surgical Associates as a general surgeon. She has practiced in Maine for the past 12 years, including at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and York Hospital. Edwards is a board-certified surgeon who began her career in Michigan before coming to Maine in […]
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Cosman joins Northeast Real Estate
AUBURN — Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northeast Real Estate announces Phil Cosman as a new sales agent in the Auburn office, 473 Center St. Previously, Cosman was retired after 30-plus years in health care finance. His last position was director of finance for a large physician practice in the Southern Maryland/DC area. He and his wife […]
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Local credit unions win awards
PORTLAND — Eleven Maine credit unions were recognized with the Maine Credit Union League’s annual state awards during the League’s annual meeting May 18. Five local credit unions were honored with awards. They are: • Central Maine Federal Credit Union of Lewiston and Auburn received four awards, including a second-place Desjardins Adult Financial Education Award, […]
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Chamber Power Lunch June 15
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host Power Lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, June 15, at the chamber conference room, 415 Lisbon St., Lewiston. The program is How to Stay Competitive and Attract Talent in the New Digital Era. Presenters are Ethan Kane and Kirsty Beauchesne from WGME and […]
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Business After Hours is Thursday
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold Business After Hours from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at the Bates Mill Atrium, 36 Chestnut St., as part of the LA Metro Marketplace. It is sponsored by Consolidated Communications. Local businesspeople are invited for food, fun, prizes and networking. There will be […]
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Skowhegan Bank awards grant to RFA
Skowhegan Savings Bank has awarded a grant to the Rangeley Friends of the Arts for student programming and scholarships. From the left are Ashley Quimby, personal banker; Christopher Farmer, vice president and regional community banker; Valerie Zapolsky, RFA president; Dora Sargent, Rangeley branch manager; Shelly Lowell, community banker; and Ariel Clinch, personal banker.
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Community Dental awarded grant
LEWISTON — Community Dental has been awarded a $6,000 Community Building grant from the Maine Community Foundation. It will be used to implement new methods of overcoming language barriers for limited English proficiency patients in Community Dental’s Lewiston dental center. The National Institutes of Health reports limited English proficiency patients who use interpreter services are […]
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Farm offering deal for volunteers
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We need volunteers to help pack community-supported agriculture bags at our Cultivating Community farm in Lisbon. Ideally, we need people to come once a week for eight or 16 consecutive weeks, starting in July, for two to three hours in the morning. In exchange for packing each week, they’ll get a free […]
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Lewiston receives $30,000 from Disney for playground
LEWISTON — The city announced Tuesday it will receive a $30,000 grant from The Walt Disney Co. for a universally accessible playground at Marcotte Park. The project, considered the first in Maine, has been in the works for several years, but is expected to be completed this fall. Lewiston is one of 25 cities and […]