AUGUSTA — Commissioner of Labor Jeanne Paquette recently announced that Strouts Point Wharf of South Freeport and Rumery’s Boat Yard of Biddeford have each earned the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program award (SHARP) in recognition of their safety programs. Acceptance into SHARP by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recognizes each business as a […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The board of directors of the Foundation for Maine’s Community Colleges recently announced the appointment of Jane Phillips to serve as the organization’s second president. Phillips comes to the foundation from Yale University where she served as director of development for the Yale School of Art and Yale University Library. Prior to […]

TOPSHAM — Marie Stuckey of Bowdoinham recently joined the Maine Health Management Coalition as its member relations specialist. Stuckey is responsible for engaging members to understand and seek high quality, reasonably priced health care to make informed decisions and maximize the value of the services they receive. She has more than 20 years of experience […]

BATH — The Midcoast Commerce Connection (MCC) is hosting a guest day at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at Mae’s Cafe in Bath. Area businesspeople are invited to attend this breakfast meeting and learn about the organization. Harry Hopcroft will give a presentation on the benefits of networking. Members of MCC enjoy meeting weekly […]

BANGOR W hen Stephen King needed a cake for his “Firestarter” movie premier, when the Bangor Daily News turned 100 and when the University of Maine hockey team became national champions, Jan Campbell went to work to create scrumptious works of edible cake art to celebrate the special moments. “I made my first wedding cake […]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MESSAGE: Get Out and Vote! It’s Your Right! In three weeks, Tuesday, Nov. 4, is the general election. The general election is held nationally on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. In 2014, Maine voters will elect the governor, one of Maine’s two United States senators, Maine’s representatives to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $25 million to the CDC Foundation to help address the Ebola epidemic. The money will be used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Ebola response effort in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and elsewhere in the world […]

FRANKFURT, Germany Europe got more bad news about its dominant economy Tuesday when the German government slashed its growth estimates for this year to 1.2 percent from 1.8 percent. The cut follows a run of disappointing data on exports, industrial production and factory orders — the heart of Germany’s manufacturing and export-dominated economy. The drip, […]

BANGOR — Earlier this month at the Maine Technology Institute’s third annual TechWalk, Eaton Peabody was awarded the “Leaders for Growth” Award from Blackstone Accelerates Growth. Eaton Peabody was recognized for its leadership in supporting the creation of the Bangor Angel Fund, an organization that gives innovators and startups access to capital. Eaton Peabody was […]

CUNDY’S HARBOR — Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co. recently hired Monique Coombs of Orr’s Island as its new wholesale account manage. Coombs will manage all of the wholesale accounts for Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co., including companies such as New York’s innovative new floating restaurant, The Water Table; Dean and Deluca; Kansas City Steaks; Williams-Sonoma and will […]