BRUNSWICK — Mechanics Savings Bank recently announced it will continue its long-standing tradition of offering Banking on the Future scholarships. This year, $17,000 will be awarded to local high school graduates pursuing their higher education goals. Participating high schools include: Edward Little, Lewiston, Gray/New Gloucester, Poland Regional, Brunswick, Mt. Ararat, Saint Dominic Academy, Leavitt, Lisbon, […]

BATH — Perry, Fitts, Boulette and Fitton CPAs located in Bath and Oakland recently hired Lynn Stover, CPA, MST, to help further develop the firm’s growth in the Midcoast region. Stover comes with a wealth of experience within the industry, having spent the last 17 years working for an accounting practice in Midcoast Maine. She […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine Prep’s eight-session SAT prep class for Brunswick area high school students will meet from noon to 2 p.m. every Sunday, Feb. 21 through April 10, at Maine Prep, 22 Parkers Way, Brunswick, preparing students for the April 12 SAT. A bonus free ninth class will be offered on May 1 for students […]

WATERVILLE — The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers’ leadership team recently presented the agency’s awards at its annual celebration. Each year, the awards recognize an employee and volunteer of the year, and community partners that support the nonprofit in a variety of ways. More than 120 board members, staff, donors, Friends of the Maine […]

Legal professionals at McTeague-Higbee, a local law firm that has represented organized labor in Maine for decades, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) have completed negotiation of their second three-year collective bargaining agreement. The Topsham law firm specializes in employee/plaintiff-oriented labor law, workers’ compensation, discrimination, and personal injury cases. The IAMAW […]

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in partnership with its employees and directors recently donated $10,334 through the bank’s Community Commitment program. The nonprofit organizations receiving these funds included: Friends of the Lubec Playground, Bar Harbor Food Pantry, Tree of Life Food Pantry, Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center, Dorcas Library, Winter Harbor Public Library, Bangor […]

LISBON New aquaponics farmer Trevor Kenkel’s first sale this last summer: a delivery of basil to Gelato Fiasco in Brunswick. “They made a basil sorbet out of it,” said Kenkel, 20. The sophomore biology major at Brunswick’s Bowdoin College opened Springworks Farm earlier in 2015, using fish to farm. In his marriage of aquaculture and […]

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber is governed by a board of directors, representing a variety of business sectors and our 16-town service area. The board usually meets 11 times each year and the Annual Membership Meeting is in mid-January. The SMMC is a 501c-6, tax-exempt organization supported by members’ […]

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. After his factory worker father died a painful death from kidney cancer at age 68 in 2013, Michael Hickey made it his mission to find out why so many people in his hometown along the Hoosic River were getting sick. Two years later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has warned residents of […]

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