Hires, promotions, appointments Maggie Hirshland has joined the OUT Maine team as youth engagement coordinator. OUT Maine’s mission is to create   welcoming and affirming communities for queer youth. Megan Turbide, a long-time cannabis advocate, is the new general manager at TheJoint.me, a music-themed medicinal cannabis dispensary in Portland.       Maine Medical Partners announced […]

Avesta honors Core Values winners Avesta Housing recently honored its employees’ exemplary service and dedication with Core Value Awards, presented each year to four staff members. This year’s recipients are: Humanity, Aleesa Larson, Independent Living team coordinator, 75 State St.; Stewardship, Michael Rayder, associate director of development; Relationships, Ben O’Brien, maintenance technician; and Quality, Cheryl […]

Acquisitions Lucas Tree Experts, a third-generation vegetation management company, is acquiring Carter Utility Tree Services, based in Mount Airy, North Carolina. The company provides vegetation management services along with power line and transmission right-of-way clearance to a variety of electric utilities. Lucas Tree Experts sold its lawncare and residential tree service in 2021 to focus […]

Dunkin’ donation Giving back The Cumberland & Falmouth Farmers Market presented the Falmouth Food Pantry with a check for $1,534.30 earlier this month. Of the total, $767.15 was collected in donations during the Wednesday market in July and the market matched that amount. “Throughout the month of July, during our Wednesday market, our generous patrons […]

Job well done Worth a Tri Granted Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick has received a $10,000 grant from The Dunkin’ Joy of Childhood Foundation to support its School Pantry program, which provides children and their families easy to prepare food for the weekends. Hires, promotions, appointments Officer Kayden Nadeau was sworn in July 8 […]

Portland chef looks to be crowned Queen of Seafood Chef Dila Maloney, of Dila’s Kitchen in Portland, will compete against 13 other chefs from around the country in the Great American Seafood Cook-Off Aug. 6 in New Orleans. Maloney opened Dila’s Kitchen earlier this year to showcase her Turkish heritage and family recipes, but she […]

Evergreen Credit Union expands its membership area Those who live, work, worship or attend schools in Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties can now access all the financial services Evergreen Credit Union has to offer. The Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions granted the expansion; Evergreen had served only York and Cumberland counties. Forbes recently named […]

Safety first Recognition Natural Resources Council of Maine Sustainable Maine Director Sarah Nichols and former staffer Chrissy Adamowicz were recognized by ecomaine for their role in passing a first-in-the-nation law to shift costs for disposing wasteful packaging from Maine taxpayers onto big corporations. The Greater Portland Council of Governments has awarded Guy Mpoyi the Community […]