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Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Announces Honor a Frontline Hero Contest

May 3, 2024

Bar Harbor, Maine – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust today announced the Honor a Frontline Hero Contest, a campaign that gives community members the opportunity to nominate a frontline hero who they feel deserves recognition for their impact in the community. The Bank will accept nominations throughout the month of May 2024, and one nominee will be selected in June to receive $1,000 cash and a $1,000 donation to a nonprofit organization of their choice. Eligible nominees must be currently employed in one of the following categories: teachers or professors; firefighters; federal/state or local law enforcement; medical providers; nurses, EMTs; and active or former military personnel. Nominees must be a resident of Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont. Read more...

Library Journal’s Class of 2024 Movers & Shakers highlights 50 individuals helping move library work forward, including Hazel Onsrud of Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine

May 3, 2024

Library Journal’s Class of 2024 Movers & Shakers highlights 50 individuals helping move library work forward, including Hazel Onsrud of Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine May 1, 2024 – Brunswick, ME - Library Journal (LJ) today announced recipients of the 2024 Movers & Shakers awards—a vibrant cohort of Advocates, Community Builders, Change Agents, Innovators, Educators, and Ban Battlers from all corners of the field. Hazel Onsrud, Adult Services Librarian at Curtis Memorial Library, has been selected as a 2024 Mover & Shaker in the Educators category. Read more...

BATH HOUSING TO RECEIVE $4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS

April 12, 2024

BATH HOUSING TO RECEIVE $4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS Funding Enables 520 Centre Street Phase II Housing Project to Move ForwardBATH—Bath Housing Development Corporation is slated to receive $4...

Maine Association of Nonprofits announces Nonprofit Wages and Benefits Survey

April 9, 2024

Maine Association of Nonprofits announces Nonprofit Wages and Benefits Survey For Immediate Release: April 3, 2024Contact: Kelly McCormack, MANP Development + Marketing...

BBRC Response to L.D. 1496

March 22, 2024

Dear Governor Mills: Businesses have a lot of changes they’re trying to undertake right now between MERIT, the impending Paid FMLA changes and more, and L.D. 1496 seems like an unnecessary...

2024 Harry C. Crooker Lifetime Achievement Award: Glenn Hutchinson

March 22, 2024

Glenn Hutchinson2024 Harry C. Crooker Lifetime Achievement Award As with recent recipients of the Harry C. Crooker Lifetime Achievement Award, Glenn Hutchinson has no plans to retire any time soon. ...

2024 Joshua L. Chamberlain Award: Ray Nagel

March 21, 2024

Ray Nagel2024 Joshua L. Chamberlain Award The Joshua L. Chamberlain Award has a storied history; as the award criteria explains, it goes to “individuals whose activities have served to build upon...

2024 Volunteer of the Year: Evan Gleason

March 20, 2024

Evan Gleason2024 Volunteer of the Year Evan Gleason of Clark Insurance exudes gratitude. And kindness. It’s in the way he makes eye contact with you when he’s speaking, the way he actively...

2024 Non-profit of the Year: Maine Coast Fishermen's Association

March 19, 2024

Congratulations to Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, Ben Martens, and his team on being named the 2024 Non-Profit of the Year. Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association won the Bath-Brunswick Regional Chamber’s 2024 Non-Profit of the Year award at the 2024 Annual Awards Dinner held on March 8, 2024 at St. John’s Community Center in Brunswick. There is an accompanying video which premiered that evening and can be found on the Bath-Brunswick Regional Chamber’s YouTube channel. Read more...

2024 President's Award: Jen Charboneau

March 18, 2024

Jen Charboneau2024 President’s Award The world needs more people like Jen Charboneau. Jen is a native Mainer who after a brief 20 years in Vermont, finally found her way home. To be fair, when she...

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