BRUNSWICK Senior care experts from both business and nonprofit backgrounds recently shared resources on helping keep aging relatives safe while managing their medications. According to Home Instead Senior Care, a new survey reveals nearly one-fifth of those taking five or more prescription drugs have had difficulty keeping track of their medications. Bill Jenks of the […]

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Spring is here and the businesses at 41 Main St. in Topsham are excited to plant new seeds of well-being at an open house from 4-6 p.m. this afternoon, May 11. Enjoy delectable food and drink, while learning more about how health and wellness applies to all areas of […]

BRUNSWICK — Henry and Marty Restaurant and Catering recently hosted the ninth annual “Dinner to Fight Hunger” to benefit the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick. The event raised more than $7,000, bringing the grand total to more than $57,000 over the past nine years. All of the proceeds of the evening, which featured […]

CUMBERLAND — Peter Fendler of Brunswick, an independent financial adviser affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and president of Norton Financial Services in Cumberland, has achieved Commonwealth President’s Club status for 2016. This distinction recognizes successful financial advisers based on a ranking of annual production among Commonwealth’s network of more than 1,650 financial advisers. Wayne Bloom, […]

BRUNSWICK The Maine Technology Institute approved nine new grant applications in March, totaling $107,931 in awards to entrepreneurs from across Maine to advance new product and process development in aquaculture and marine technology, biotechnology, composite materials, forestry and agriculture, precision manufacturing, and information technology. This round of MTI awards leveraged $591,128 of matching contributions from […]

WASHINGTON More than 19 million U.S. tourists visited Washington in 2015, an increase of 1 million over the previous year and a record for the nation’s capital as its tourism industry continues to make steady progress since the Great Recession. Foreign and domestic tourists spent a record $7.1 billion in Washington, according to data released […]

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Business gets done on the golf course. Get your team together and join the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber on the greens for the fourth annual Hacker’s Ball Golf Tournament. The chamber fundraiser is Friday, May 13 at Brunswick Golf Club on 165 River Road. A portion of the proceeds […]

BRUNSWICK 1. First of all, please give us a brief history of Androscoggin Bank. Androscoggin County Savings Bank took its first deposit on April 4, 1870. The bank was the brainchild of a group of Lewiston residents who saw a need for a deposit bank which focused on individuals and small businesses. At that time, […]

PORTLAND The future of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, which announced it would close last summer, is now secure as the Salt Institute will operate as a discrete program under the auspices of Maine College of Art. This union would not have been possible without significant support from the Quimby Family Foundation, which has […]