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Amtrak Downeaster Resumes Limited Service June 15; Enters Phase 1 Service Restoration Plan
June 12, 2020
Amtrak Downeaster Resumes Limited Service June 15Enters Phase 1 Service Restoration Plan
PORTLAND, MAINE – The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) announced yesterday that the Amtrak Downeaster will begin Phase 1 of Service Restoration beginning June 15, 2020. Service will resume with one round trip on weekdays only between Brunswick, ME and Boston, MA: southbound Train 680 and northbound Train 685. Downeaster service has been suspended since April 13, 2020.
A number of protocols and procedures have been implemented to protect the health and safety of passengers and crews.
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Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Makes Donation to MaineStream Finance to Support Entrepreneurial Classes for Small Business Owners
June 12, 2020
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Makes Donation to MaineStream Finance to Support Entrepreneurial Classes for Small Business Owners
Bar Harbor, Maine – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has made a donation to MaineStream Finance to help the nonprofit organization expand their entrepreneurial classes for small business owners. The gift will also be used for microbusiness technical assistance and succession planning in support of successful entrepreneurial growth in Central and Downeast Maine.
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BBBS Receives $5,000 Community Match from Priority Real Estate Group
May 29, 2020
Priority Launches Fundraising Campaign for Big Brother Big Sisters
This week we are highlighting a $5,000 Community Match Challenge benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick. Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) matches and professionally supports one-to-one mentoring relationships between youth and adult volunteers. These mentoring relationships have shown incredible improvements in the academic and personal success of local youth throughout their lives.
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CURTIS LIBRARY BEGINS CURBSIDE PICK-UP ON MONDAY, JUNE 1 Continues to Expand Free Virtual Services
May 29, 2020
CURTIS LIBRARY BEGINS CURBSIDE PICK-UP ON MONDAY, JUNE 1
Continues to Expand Free Virtual Services
BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Curtis Memorial Library looks forward to offering contact-free, curbside pick-up of books, audio books, DVDs and other materials to the community beginning Monday, June 1. Patrons will reserve materials either online by using the Minerva catalog and their library card on the Curtis website (www.curtislibrary.com); by calling the library at 725.5242; or emailing refdesk@curtislibrary.com. Patrons will be notified by phone and/or email when their materials are ready for pick-up. Short-term, designated parking spaces will be reserved at and around the Middle Street Main Entrance to the library, where a tent and tables will be erected.
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Flight Deck Brewing Opening June 1
May 29, 2020
Flight Deck Brewing in Brunswick is opening June 1 with new hours and new safety protocols
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MDOL Rapid Response Team Here to Help the Unemployed
May 15, 2020
Whenever a layoff or business closing occurs, the Maine Department of Labor’s Rapid Response Team is available to assist. Here is a list of our services.
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May 5 deadline for VA, SSI recipients who don’t file a tax return and have dependents
May 1, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service today reminded Supplemental Security Income and Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries to act by Tuesday, May 5 if they didn’t file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 and have dependents so they can quickly receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment. Their $1,200 payments will be issued soon and, in order to add the $500 per eligible child amount to these payments, the IRS needs the dependent information before the payments are issued
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Governor Mills Presents Safe, Gradual Plan to Restart Maine’s Economy
April 28, 2020
Governor Janet Mills today presented her Administration’s plan to gradually and safely restart Maine’s economy. The plan, which comes as the State appears to be successfully flattening the curve, establishes four gradual stages of reopening, the first of which begins May 1st. The stages focus not on essential v. non-essential designations like those used to originally limit business operations and activities, but on the ability of a business to operate or an activity to occur in a manner that protects public health and safety. As the Administration gradually eases restrictions on some businesses and activities, it also implements protective protocols, along with broader additional health and safety measures, to protect Maine people.
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TD Bank Paycheck Protection Starter Link
April 6, 2020
TD Bank accepting PPP applications online
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Midcoast FCU Offers Other Financial Options
April 3, 2020
At this time, Midcoast Federal Credit Union is not an SBA lender and can only refer interested parties to the SBA for guidance and programs. However, we do have two consumer loan programs that can...
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