AUBURN — Lin Dehetre, Market Manager VP at Norway Savings Bank’s Auburn branch, proudly presented representatives from Safe Voices in Auburn with a donation of $5,000 during a recent check presentation (pictured below), part of a multi-year commitment by the bank towards an organization responding to calls for help with care and compassion. Safe Voices […]

STATE — The application portal for the Patricia D. Klingenstein Grants Program opens tomorrow, Tuesday, April 15. This grant program of the Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation is named in honor of its greatest champion, Pat Klingenstein, who, at the age of ninety-three, passed away in February 2023. Along with her children and grandchildren, Pat […]

TURNER — Shelley started working in the insurance industry in 1990 with her mother, Norma Bessey Colby, when Bessey Insurance Agency was run out of her home. Mom had taken over the agency from her parents, Marion [Waterman] Bessey and Gerald Heald Bessey in 1977. Bessey Insurance was formed in 1939, based at Shelley’s grandparents’ […]

AUGUSTA — New Ventures Maine is offering free workshops and classes statewide in October in three program areas: career building, starting businesses, and financial education. NVME’s redesigned website provides information about classes, instructors, and locations as well as individual coaching and matched savings programs. Upcoming classes include [partial list]: Build your career ·        My next career […]

PORTLAND — The Institute for Family-Owned Business [IFOB] has named 25 companies as finalists for the 24th Maine Family Business Awards. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The IFOB received over 500 nominations of companies in diverse industries across the state, which were narrowed to 33 semi-finalists and then to the 25 […]

AUGUSTA—New Ventures Maine is offering an online class this fall, Build Your Business Website, designed to empower small business owners to create a website that fits their business model. The class will be offered at no charge to participants and is made possible through Empower by GoDaddy in partnership with New Ventures Maine. Build Your […]

FARMINGTON — MaineHealth Medical Group (MHMG) President Dr. Aileen Mickey recently presented Amanda Read, a medical assistant in MaineHealth Pediatrics Farmington (formerly Franklin Health Pediatrics), with the prestigious Francine M. Rideout Service Excellence Award. This award is given to care team members who consistently demonstrate exceptional delivery of customer service and overall service excellence in […]

AUGUSTA — New Ventures Maine (NVME) has an open call for Venturing Forth, a free, online comprehensive business planning class starting Tuesday, September 3, 2024. For new entrepreneurs or existing business owners, Venturing Forth helps participants create a written business plan from start to finish with feedback from facilitators and fellow entrepreneurs. The 60-hour course […]