CEI offering Child Care Business Lab

BRUNSWICK — Coastal Enterprises is offering three concurrent virtual courses of its Child Care Business Lab, helping entrepreneurs start new, quality child care businesses in underserved areas of Maine. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Jan. 29. The Child Care Business Lab is an intensive cohort-based program that gives entrepreneurs the tools to start a […]

Camden National Bank receives FAME award

CAMDEN — The Finance Authority of Maine presented Camden National Bank with the Lender at Work for Maine award at its December virtual board meeting. The award category is reserved for lenders with assets of $1.5 billion and above and this is the bank’s 11th time as a FAME awardee. Over the past year, Camden […]

Jerky, cupcakes, cycling tours: Meet L-A Chamber’s Top Gun Class of ’21 entrepreneurs

• Companies will vie for a spot in the $25,000 statewide pitch-off this spring

Franklin Community Health Network promotes Barbara Sergio

FARMINGTON — A highly experienced health care executive has been chosen to lead Franklin Community Health Network as its new chief operating officer. Barbara Sergio, who joined FCHN as senior director of quality and safety in August 2019, will assume responsibility for day-to-day oversight of quality, patient safety, pharmacy, physical rehab, imaging, pulmonology, cardiology, NorthStar […]

Anthony Tenneson to coordinate Lewiston-Auburn CA$H Coalition tax prep

LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn CA$H Coalition, with a mission of “creating assets, savings, and hope,” will continue with free tax preparation in 2021, but the way IRS tax law volunteers provide the service will be vastly different. Site Coordinator Anthony “Tony” Tenneson will be at the helm guiding IRS tax law certified volunteers as they […]

Food City, Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club partner on pantry donation

BRIDGTON — Food City of Bridgton partnered with the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club to deliver 80 bags of healthy food for the Southwest Oxford County Nutrition program, formerly the Brownfield Food Pantry. Included in the bags were whole winter squash, a bag of apples, a rustic bread, butter, chocolate chip cookie mix and cranberry sauce. […]

State OKs Saddleback plans for $8 million solar farm, new mid-mountain lodge

A state commission approved zoning changes on Wednesday to allow both improvements at the newly reopened ski resort in Rangeley.

Holy Donut opens in Auburn; new Dunkin’ gets underway in Lewiston

• And a new restaurant for Knox Street?

They opened a business in 2020!

And they have the bruises, stressful nights, smiles and grit to prove it. Five local entrepreneurs talk about how they did it and what you can take from their experience.

BNI members donate to Kaydenz Kitchen