TOPSHAM — Lisa Belisle, M.D., a family physician, has joined Topsham Family Medicine and Brunswick Family Medicine. Before beginning her work in Topsham, Belisle maintained her own private practice in Yarmouth and Portland for more than 10 years. In 2007, she expanded her practice to include medical acupuncture and integrative health. She maintains a website […]

FREEPORT — Southern Maine Geriatrics recently announced that Dr. Hugh Harwood has been awarded status as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) by the American Medical Directors Association. AMDA, the professional association of medical directors, attending physicians, and others practicing in the long-term care continuum, is dedicated to excellence in patient care and provides education, advocacy, […]

RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Dec. 17. New this week: commodities, bank rates Commodities This Last Last week week year Heating oil #21s $3.68 $3.63 — Propane2 s 3.33 3.24 — Gas, unlead3 s 3.46 3.43 3.47 Kerosene1 s 4.03 4.00 — Firewood, dry4 235 235 215 Hard lobster, whsl5 […]

TOPSHAM A growing Maine business celebrated the opening of its first brand-new store at 78 Mallett Drive with Topsham officials last Friday. Surrounded by a sea of mattresses on the upstairs level, several town officials, business and community leaders and Agren employees joined the company’s president Jason Agren in the new 13,000- square-foot facility for […]

BRUNSWICK I t’s a one-stop mind, body, hair, nails, Reiki, exercise, massage and health spa — that’s what the Better U at Cook’s Corner offers its clients. This non-descript tan building has an overabundance of things housed beneath its roof. On the left side of the building there is a full-service hair and nail salon, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers advertised the most job openings in more than five years in October, and the number of people quitting also reached a five-year high. The Labor Department said Tuesday that job openings rose 1 percent to a seasonally adjusted 3.93 million. That is the highest figure since May 2008, three months […]

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors picked Mary Barra, its product development chief and a 33-year company veteran, as its next CEO. Barra will become the first female head of a major U.S. car company. GM said Tuesday that Barra, 51, will replace Dan Akerson on Jan. 15. Akerson, 65, chairman and CEO, moved up his […]

AUGUSTA — Christopher Jones has been hired as chief operating officer of Hospitality Association Management Services (HAMS). HAMS, a new company, is jointly owned by the Maine Restaurant Association and Maine Innkeepers Association and will provide management for both associations beginning in 2014. As COO, Jones will assist Greg Dugal, who will take over as […]

BAR HARBOR — Bar Harbor Bank & Trust concluded its 25th annual Community Food Drive on Nov. 22. More than 2,700 food items and more than $1,300 were collected for and delivered to local food pantries prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. “On behalf of the bank, I would like to thank everyone who donated to […]