Regulators who have the power to approve or derail a plan to build a 145-mile transmission line through Maine are delaying their decision. The Maine Public Utilities Commission, which had been expected to issue a decision by year’s end on Central Maine Power’s plan to bring hydropower from Quebec to markets in Massachusetts, filed an […]
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Weigel elected to ABA board of directors
NORWAY — Patricia W. Weigel, president and CEO of Norway Savings Bank, has been elected to the American Bankers Association board of directors. She and nine other bankers were elected at the association’s annual convention in New York City. They join 21 other bankers on the board. “I’m honored that the ABA, which […]
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Skelton Taintor & Abbott attorneys honored on Super Lawyers list
AUBURN — Stephen B. Wade and Rebecca S. Webber from the firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott have been honored on the 2018 New England Super Lawyers list. Braden M. Clement and Amy Dieterich have been named to Rising Stars. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more […]
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Lewiston law firm and attorney honored for pro bono work
LEWISTON — Pine Tree Legal Assistance honored Lewiston-based law firm Hardy Wolf & Downing and one of its partners, Sheldon Tepler at an event in Lewiston on Oct. 24. Pine Tree presented two awards to local heroes: board President Stacy Stitham presented the 1967 Commitment to Justice Award to Hardy Wolf & Downing and Executive […]
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Rice appointed hospitalist at FMH
FARMINGTON — Andrew Rice, MD, has been appointed hospitalist for Franklin Memorial Hospital, according to Dr. David Rice, FMH chief medical officer. Hospitalists take care of patients from admission through discharge. Rice received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, followed by a three-year family medicine residency at Maine-Dartmouth Family […]
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U.S. Cellular gives $1,000 to Dixfield Recreation Cheerleading
DIXFIELD — Dixfield Recreation Cheerleading has received $1,000 for choreography and music licenses through U.S. Cellular’s Community Connections. The program provides sponsorship support to help youth groups pay for uniforms, equipment, travel and other expenses. Dixfield Recreation Cheerleading signed up with the program online and rallied families, friends and supporters to complete online activities that earned them […]
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Rotary, TD Bank donate care packages for homeless
TD Bank recently teamed up with the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club and Kids that Care to hold donation drives that provided Trinity Jubilee Center’s Day Shelter with more than 200 care packages for the needy. The project was spearheaded by Callie Cook, a manager at TD Bank and member of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club. The drive […]
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Community Credit Union donates to Meals on Wheels program
LEWISTON – Community Credit Union has presented $500 to SeniorsPlus, the Aging and Disability Resource Center for Western Maine. SeniorsPlus provides services to older adults, adults with disabilities and their families in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The agency operates Meals on Wheels, which provided more than 150,000 meals in 2017. Community Credit Union has branches […]
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Newry selectmen learn more about food waste program
NEWRY — Newry selectmen heard Tuesday from Dean Richmond of Mason Township about his food waste program. Richmond attended a selectmen’s meeting last year, when he first presented the board with information on his composting efforts. Richmond, who lives and works at Pleasant River Farms, started composting as an easy, affordable way to dispose of agricultural […]
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Maine Oxy golf tourney nets biggest donation to date
AUBURN — Maine Oxy recently raised a record-breaking $20,000 at its annual charity golf tournament Sept. 15 to benefit The Travis Mills Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit organization formed to benefit and assist wounded and injured veterans and their families. In June 2017, the foundation opened its national retreat center in Rome, where veterans and […]