BRUNSWICK SaviLinx, a contact center specializing in business process outsourcing and technical support services, recently announced that it has hired Jody Marra as its human resource manager. The company is experiencing rapid growth and is currently adding 200 new customer service and quality assurance positions to support a new large contract. Marra will manage all […]

BRUNSWICK — Atlantic Federal Credit Union recently announced that Wyatt Kilburn of Greely High School received a $7,500 college scholarship. Atlantic Federal is a big believer in education and financial education. This past school year, the credit union visited 14 schools and provided more than 150 hours of teaching. Graduating high school seniors, who are […]

BRUNSWICK — The board of directors of Five County Credit Union recently named Julie Marquis as the new CEO. Marquis has served as vice president, COO and, most recently, as executive vice president, COO since July 2013. Marquis recently completed three years of the executive education program, CEO Institute. In addition, she earned her certified […]

BRUNSWICK Carolyn Farkas-Noe, senior vice president of the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber, is avoiding the word “retirement.” However, she says she will be “completing her chamber career” after 34 years of service. “I’m taking the summer off and enjoying all those places and things to do that happen during the day,” Farkas-Noe said recently. After […]

BRUNSWICK Jay Prindall, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick board chairman, recently announced the appointment of John Burrell, Sue Descoteaux and Thomas Mahoney to the board of directors, and Mary Herman and Tom Stevens to the advisory board. “I am very pleased to share that among our accomplishments in the first few months of 2016 […]

DETROIT Volkswagen will spend $14.7 billion to settle consumer lawsuits and government allegations that it cheated on emissions tests in what lawyers are calling the largest auto-related class-action settlement in U.S. history. Under the settlement revealed Tuesday by a U.S. District Court in San Francisco, VW will pay just over $10 billion to either buy […]

With each passing day, I am discovering more about this region of the state. I continue to explore new destinations, discover local shops, sample a variety of restaurants and find different parks and green spaces. I am meeting a lot of people and there has been a tremendous amount of warmth and positive energy with […]

PORTLAND Denise Dube, operations manager and 34-year employee at Lisbon Community Federal Credit Union, was recently awarded the Maine Credit Union League’s 2016 Jeanette G. Morin Award for Outstanding Credit Union Employee of the Year. The award is selected from nominations received by the league from credit unions all over the state. The league reviews […]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New England recently honored its top 50 affiliated sales associates, including an agent from Brunswick, at a special celebration at the Grill 23 & Bar in Boston. Among the invited honorees were the following affiliated sales associates from the Maine and New Hampshire Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage […]

LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank is accepting grant applications for its second cycle of 2016 Greater Giving program through June 30. Greater Giving is the bank’s community impact program launched in 2015 designed to provide support to nonprofits and organizations that benefit the community in three specific areas: economic development, education and the arts. It accepts […]