AUGUSTA — The Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s board of directors recently presented awards to the following individuals for their work to improve bicycling in Maine: — Dan Ostrye, chairman of the Yarmouth Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee. — Dave Richard, founder of the Central Maine Cycling Club in Vassalboro. — Maryalice Walker, founder and former coordinator […]

BRUNSWICK — Women’s Fitness Studio & Spa recently held a successful open house, with current and new members getting the opportunity to talk with the spa staff and personal trainers, take a class and enjoy lunch provided by Subway of Brunswick. There were two prize drawings. Jan Buckner of Brunswick won a free oneyear membership […]

PORTLAND — The law firm of Bernstein Shur was recently named in Fortune magazine’s Top Ranked Law Firms section, a list drawn from LexisNexis Martindale- Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. The list is comprised of U.S. law firms with 21 or more attorneys, in which at least one in three has achieved the AV Preeminent Peer […]

PORTLAND — Bernstein Shur, one of northern New England’s largest law firms, recently announced it has elected Katherine Joyce as a shareholder of the firm. Joyce is a member of the firm’s Energy and Environmental Practice Group. Her area of expertise is in environmental permitting and compliance, particularly as it pertains to power generation facilities, […]

WISCASSET — On Tuesday, Maine Women’s Business Center and the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission will present a workshop for any business owner planning a new or revised website. The “Planning Your Website Success” workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Coastal Enterprises, Inc. conference room, 36 Water St., Wiscasset. […]

President’s Message: Have you ever bought something at the store because you absolutely loved it, only to find out when you got it home an hour later that you now hated it? It happens to all of us … but if you shop online, it happens a whole lot more. A recent article in Time […]

BRUNSWICK — Parkview Adventist Medical Center recently went live with a new patient monitoring system for its cardiac patients. According to a news release, Parkview is the first hospital in Maine to utilize the company Nihon Kohden’s state of the art patient monitoring system, and the first in New England to receive the latest model […]

NORWAY — BauerFinancial, Inc., of Coral Gables, Fla., a national bank rating and research firm, recently recognized Norway Savings Bank as a Superior 5-Star rated bank. According to a news release, a 5-Star rating denotes that Norway Savings Bank is one of the best in the nation in terms of its overall financial performance. In […]

BRUNSWICK — WellTree, Inc. has been awarded a 2011 Angie’s List Super Service Award for the third consecutive year, an honor bestowed annually on approximately 5 percent of all the businesses rated on the nation’s leading provider of consumer reviews on local service and health providers. “We are fortunate to work for such loyal and […]