NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank held its 2025 Employee Appreciation Day Celebration Feb. 26 at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Among local people honored was Kristen Charette, mortgage loan officer and vice president in Fryeburg as well as in North Conway, New Hampshire, who was named employee of the year. The Culture Champion Award […]
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Farmington woman joins Waterville’s HealthReach board
Susan Tedrick will serve on the organization’s Community Health Centers’ Governing board of directors.
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Franklin Savings Bank employee retires after 38 years
Lorna Niedner began as a bank teller and receptionist, and has served as Jay branch manager for 13 years.
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China Lake Provisions grand opening set for Feb. 14-16
The store offers prepared pizzas and sandwiches as well as a full range of grocery items with a focus on Maine-made products.
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Farmington native relaunches movement classes
FARMINGTON — Morgen Hall, born and raised in Farmington, has relaunched her business, Little Feet Beats Music and Dance, on Perham Street. The winter session is set to begin Tuesday, Jan. 28, with some free demo classes offered ahead of that launch. There will be mixed-age Music Together classes for infants up to 5 year […]
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MaineHealth Franklin Hospital names recipients of DAISY, BEE awards
In recognition of outstanding patient care, Christina Whelpley and Courtney Barry recently received the DAISY Award and BEE Award, respectively, at MaineHealth Franklin Hospital. The DAISY Award is an international program that celebrates the extraordinary clinical skills and compassionate care given by registered nurses every day. The hospital’s BEE Award recognizes all the other staff […]
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Skowhegan-based mortgage loan officer joins Franklin Savings Bank
SKOWHEGAN — Michell McMahon has joined Franklin Savings Bank as a mortgage loan officer. Based in the Skowhegan area, McMahon brings over 20 years of banking experience. “I’m thrilled to join a community bank that genuinely cares about the people it serves,” McMahon said in a news release from the bank. “Franklin Savings Bank has […]
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Jay’s OTIS Federal Credit Union donates $21,000 to 13 local food pantries
JAY — Over the course of 2023, OTIS Federal Credit Union raised nearly $21,000 for the cause of ending hunger. Fundraising events hosted by the credit union included a soup day, plant sale, yard sale and a painting “FUNdraiser.” Additional funds were raised through sales of handmade crafts and afghans, candy and snacks, cellphone cardholders, […]
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Skowhegan Savings donates $50K to construction of Rangeley childcare center
RANGELEY — The Skowhegan Savings Bank’s Charitable Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to the construction of the Beth Brunswick Memorial Childcare Center in Rangeley. The $3.5 million project, being built to accommodate 48 preschool children, is anticipated to break ground this fall. A project of the Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund, the idea of the center […]
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Doctor joins Central Maine Healthcare’s Neurology Team in Lewiston
Choudhry will treat patients who have had strokes, epilepsy, migraine headaches, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as other conditions.