BATH — Glenn Hutchinson, Bath Savings Institution’s president and CEO, recently announced the promotion of two bank employees. Rebecca Chandler, a retail lender at the bank’s Yarmouth branch, has been promoted to assistant vice president retail lending. Originally from Hollis, Chandler worked for Disney before beginning her banking career at Bath Savings in 2008. In […]

FREEPORT — A Maine small batch craft distiller, Maine Craft Distilling, recently launched a crowdsourcing campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds needed to open a traditional public house in Freeport. The public house would be located on the second floor of the historic Mallet Building, above the distillery’s tasting room. According to Luke Davidson, distiller […]

TOPSHAM — Wright-Pierce, a water, wastewater and infrastructure engineering firm serving the Northeast, with two Maine-based offices, recently announced that Brian Montejunas, PE, has joined the Civil Infrastructure Practice Group as a senior project manager. Montejunas has 25 years of experience in the engineering and construction management fields. Prior to joining Wright-Pierce, Montejunas worked at […]

BOWDOINHAM On one of the darkest days of 2014, David Skelton looked at the Bowdoinham Country Store’s broken cooler and freezer, empty shelves and a stack of bills and lost hope. Despite the dozens of festive holiday cards tacked to the door and a brightly decorated Christmas tree announcing the season, Skelton took to Facebook […]

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Marketplace … an open space where a market is, an arena of competitive or commercial dealings. That’s what’s happening on April 28, from 1-5 p.m.at the B2B Marketplace. All businesses in the region are invited to attend or exhibit at the B2B Marketplace. The location is at the Coastal […]

FREEPORT — Celebrity chef, champion bass fisherman and TV personality Jimmy Kennedy highlights L.L. Bean’s Spring Fishing Weekend, happening this Friday through Sunday. Kennedy will be available at the store on Saturday and Sunday conducting cooking demonstrations, offering bass fishing seminars, signing autographs and more. Celebrity fly tiers for Saturday and Sunday include David Klausmeyer, […]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s auto sales growth decelerated in February despite a near doubling in purchases of Chinese-made SUVs, an industry group reported Tuesday. Sales in world’s biggest auto market rose 6.4 percent to 1.4 million vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. That was down from January’s 10.3 percent expansion. Demand for […]

TOPSHAM — The Maine Health Management Coalition, a nonprofit organization working to reduce health care costs and improve the quality of clinical services, recently announced the addition of the Maine Medical Association as a new member of its multi-stakeholder group. The Maine Medical Association is the state’s largest physician organization with more than 3,700 members. […]

BOWDOIN — Frederick Haer, Chief Executive Officer of FHC Inc., announced recently that FHC’s board of directors unanimously voted to promote Scott Humphrey to the company’s COO position. The vote was taken at a Feb. 19 board meeting. “Scott has a proven track record at FHC and under his fiscal guidance, the company is well […]

PORTLAND — Eaton Peabody’s Business Practice Group recently announced the launch of its “Craft Counsel” law blog at www.craftcounsel.us. The law blog will focus on providing craft breweries, distilleries, fermentories, wineries and cideries general information relating to their industry-specific legal challenges, whether federal, state or local. The law blog was established and is now managed […]