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They lost everything they had in the April 25th fire in Pittston

This is Financial Literacy Month, but evaluating your debt, talking to your kids about money and setting goals with your spouse can be done any time.

As the competition for finding entry-level talent heats up, Maine financial institutions have had to up their recruiting game.

Earlier this week, Dickens Parlour Theatre owner Rich Bloch answered his phone as he pulled up to the theater’s nearly-complete new location, not quite two miles west of its former

With cases mounting and the omicron variant of the disease raging throughout Maine, banks and credit unions are taking new steps to keep employees and customers safe — and monitoring the health crisis daily.

The $20,000 ad campaign, currently running on local TV channels and online, promotes the importance of regular mammograms and screenings for other cancer as well.

From processing emergency loans and loan deferrals to ramping up electronic services and drive-thru operations to keep employees and customers safe, Maine banks and credit unions were tested in 2020 — and passed with flying colors. “Fortunately, Maine’s banks entered the pandemic — and a year of economic turmoil — from a position of strength,” says Gregory Dufour, president and CEO of Camden National Bank. “With prudent capital management strategies and favorable asset quality, we...

December 17 2020 Partnership between Portland, Multnomah County, Do Good Multnomah nonprofit and St. Johns Church to provide shelter to 19 residents. A leafy street in St. Johns is about to get 19 new neighbors. A coalition of local officials, faith and nonprofit leaders are racing to meet a planned January opening of Portlands newest outdoor transitional shelter — St. Johns Village — before the worst of winters chill arrives. "Being houseless is difficult. Nobody is really excited...

December 17 2020 Partnership between Portland, Multnomah County, Do Good Multnomah nonprofit and St. Johns Church to provide shelter to 19 residents. A leafy street in St. Johns is about to get 19 new neighbors. A coalition of local officials, faith and nonprofit leaders are racing to meet a planned January opening of Portlands newest outdoor transitional shelter — St. Johns Village — before the worst of winters chill arrives. "Being houseless is difficult. Nobody is really excited...