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Camden Rotary Club explores the potential of Universal Broadband internet access for the Midcoast Joan Phaup Debra Hall. (Photo courtesy Camden Rotary Club) CAMDEN — What are the prospects for expanding broadband access in Mid-Coast Maine? And what would be the advantages of doing so? The Camden Rotary Club hosted a recent meeting on this topic, one of many the club is examining to learn about local economic challenges and foster potential solutions. The guest speaker, Mid-Coast Broadband ...

Tue, 02/23/2021 - 8:15am Debra Hall What are the prospects for expanding broadband access in Mid-Coast Maine? And what would be the advantages of doing so? The Camden Rotary Club hosted a recent meeting on this topic, one of many the club is examining to learn about local economic challenges and foster potential solutions. The guest speaker, Mid-Coast Broadband Coalition Chair Debra Hall, described the successful installation in 2014 of a 1.5-mile municipal fiber-optic broadband netwo...

Briefs Students honor workers for service during pandemic Students of St. John’s Catholic School recently took to the streets to spread some joy and to thank the many area businesses for their effort and energy in continuing to provide service to the community during the pandemic. The children created paper hearts, with inspiring messages of gratitude, which they then taped on storefronts and doors in the downtown area. Their actions, that were part of Maine Catholic Schools Week, were inspir...

Central Maine business briefs: United Way of Kennebec Valley welcomes newcomer People & Places: Maine Arts Commission appoints new interim executive director. Share AUGUSTA — After four decades of service to United Way of Kennebec Valley, Director of Finance Wendy Beaudoin has announced her plans to retire from the organization in March. UWKV has hired Kelly Wasson as the organization’s incoming director of finance, effective Feb. 1. Wendy Beaudoin Contributed photo Beaudoin joined Unite...

A family physician who recently headed a group of four hospitals in Virginia has been tapped as the next CEO of MaineHealth. The state’s largest health care system said in a news release Thursday that Dr. Andrew T. Mueller will succeed Bill Caron, who has been a leader of MaineHealth since its founding in 1988. In October 2019 he announced that he would retire at the end of 2020, but postponed the transition because of demands created by the pandemic. Mueller is expected to start at MaineHea...

MaineHealth names Virginia medical executive as its next CEO Dr. Andrew T. Mueller of Virginia-based Centra Health will replace current CEO Bill Caron when he retires this spring. Staff Report Share A medical executive and physician from Virginia has been chosen to replace MaineHealth CEO Bill Caron when he retires this spring. The incoming CEO is Dr. Andrew T. Mueller, president and CEO of Centra Health, a health care system consisting of four local hospital organizations in central Virginia...

Operator Good day, and welcome to the Camden National Corporations Fourth Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Tom and I will be your operator for todays call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this presentation contains forward-looking statements, which involve significant risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results t...

Camden National Bank donates Gardiner buildings Gardiner Main Street plans a $2.5 million renovation of the five Water Street buildings. 4 of 4 Camden National Bank announced on Wednesday the donation of several buildings to Gardiner Main Street. Gardiner Main Street hopes the 19th-century buildings eventually will be redeveloped into studio and living space for artists and an expansion of the groups collaborative work space. Staff photo by Andy Molloy GARDINER — In a move that is likely to ...

Gardiner-based childcare program receives gift from Camden National Bank The Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley raising funds for new building. Share GARDINER — The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Kennebec Valley recently received a $25,000 donation from Camden National Bank through its private charitable foundation, the Bank of Maine’s Foundation. According to a news release from the childcare program, the donation to the organization’s capital campaign is perfectly timed, this donation wi...

People & Places: Shane Savage named CMGC 2020 Developer of the Year. Read Article Rangeley Health and Wellness board of directors has announced that Leslie White, MPH, RD, LDN, CSOWM, has been named its executive director. She will assume her new role Jan. 4. Her leadership begins at a critical time for the community and in RHW’S 27-year history. White will succeed Jeanne Thorvaldsen, who is transitioning to a part-time role as RHW’s development director, according to a news release from ...