BROOKS T he little town of Brooks has been bustling lately, with the late summer opening of three new businesses that residents say have brought new life to the Waldo County farming community of about 1,000 people. Gibbs Family Hardware Store, Motley Cycle and the Marsh River Co-op all opened on the same weekend, and […]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MESSAGE: We want to reach out again to the public and Times Record readers to ask you to nominate an outstanding Mid-coast business or individual. Here are the categories: BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS — large and small. Awards are based on the following criteria (please provide information on each of the […]

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Chrysler Group LLC has changed its name to FCA US LLC. The change will be largely unnoticed by consumers, affecting mostly corporate and financial communications. Chrysler-branded cars will continue to bear the Chrysler badge, as those branded Fiat will bear the Fiat badge. The move was part of Fiat Chrysler […]

AUGUSTA — Mike Tanchuk was recently named president of Summit Natural Gas of Maine. Mike Minkos is retiring at the end of 2014. Tanchuk, who is currently working with Summit in an advisory role, will begin his new role as president effective Jan. 1, 2015, and will also serve as executive vice president of Summit […]

AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank recently received $45,200 from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to provide continued support for the organization’s hunger relief campaigns. Funding will help kick off the food bank’s Virtual Holiday Food Drive, which encourages people to donate online, saving costs and making it easier to give back. “We are […]

SCARBOROUGH — James St. Laurent, of Harpswell, recently rejoined the Scarborough office of Stantec after spending the last three years working in the manufacturing industry. St. Laurent has 28 years of engineering and management experience in conventional power, nuclear power, pulp and paper, and mechanical contracting. At Stantec, he returns to managing engineering and design […]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MESSAGE: As 2014 comes to a close, it is time for the chamber to ramp up for our premier annual event, the Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation. Nominations for the awards listed below can come from a variety of sources: employers, employees, private citizens, business groups, board members, municipal leaders, or legislators. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available U.S. jobs rose in October to the second-highest level in 14 years, and companies kept hiring at a healthy pace, adding to evidence of an improving economy. Job openings increased 3.2 percent to 4.83 million, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That’s just below August’s total, which was the […]