WOOLWICH — As 2012 begins, the medical transcription firm NEMT is preparing its documentation to become an Inc. 5,000 fastest-growing company for the sixth year in a row. Toward the end of 2011, NEMT achieved this business honor for the fifth straight year. According to a news release, Inc. magazine ranked NEMT number 2,322 on […]

YARMOUTH — DeLorme, a leader in navigation technology, recently announced the appointment of Patrick Shay to the newly created position of vice president and general manager, Connected Solutions. In his new role, Shay will spearhead DeLorme’s global strategy for the development of new consumer, enterprise and government markets for the company’s award-winning inReach family of […]

PORTLAND — Martin’s Point Health Care recently announced that Dr. Peter Shaw has successfully completed the examination of special competence in adult echocardiography given by the National Board of Echocardiography. According to a news release, an echocardiogram allows doctors to see the heart beating and to see the heart valves and other structures of the […]

BATH — Patten Free Library will host a “Successful Job Search Workshop” on Feb. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m., in its second-floor Community Room. According to a news release, the workshop will be led by Patrick Therrien, a training specialist from the Maine State Library. Therrien will teach participants about technologies that have changed […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Hospital recently announced the addition of Anna Strange, AuD, to its Rehabilitation Services staff. Strange is a clinical and dispensing audiologist, and joins the Audiology Department at 310 Bath Road. She received her clinical doctorate from Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pa. “Anna’s arrival truly complements the mission of our department,” Dory […]

BRUNSWICK — Though they aren’t as big as the departed Navy’s P-3s, there are airplanes using the long, 8,000-foot runway at the newly named Brunswick Executive Airport. And one of the new companies providing services at the civilian airfield is Maine Coastal Flight, with David Vroom and his son, Erik, at the controls. “We are here […]

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PORTLAND — New England based Baker Newman & Noyes, an accounting and consulting firm, recently announced that M. Jean McDevitt and Jeff Skaggs have been promoted to principals of the firm. Both are based out of the firm’s Portland office, according to a news release. McDevitt is being promoted to tax principal. McDevitt joined Baker […]

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: “Hello, I am from state government, and I am returning your call for assistance. I have the answer to your question … is there anything else I can do to help you today?” How many of you said, “Yea, right” when you read that last sentence? Jokingly or not, the idea of someone […]