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1: Seasons Golf Outing raised $27,142 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Pictured, left to right: Sonny LeClair, Thomas Peaco, Dave Crichton, Hal Leeman, and Paul Hammond. 2: Michelle Cashman and her daughter Jackie at the Champion the Cure event at EMHS.
KataHDIn trUSt was recognized as
the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Top 7(a) Dollar Volume Leader in Maine. The 7(a) loans are used to establish new businesses or to assist in the acquisition, operation, or expansion of an existing business. www. katahdintrust.com MMg InSUranCe CoMPanY in Presque
Isle has been named a top 50 insurance company by Ward Group, a leading provider of operational and compensation benchmarking and best practice services for insurance companies. More than 3,000 propertycasualty insurance companies nationwide were analyzed for this award. www.mainemutual.com LInDa eLLIott, a mortgage loan officer at the Maine Savings Ellsworth branch, was awarded the Cecil C. Porter Extraordinary Service Award. Chosen by the bank’s senior staff, this award is given annually for superior service, passion, and performance excellence. www.mainesavings.com 12 / Bangor Metro October 2014
Grants The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given $200,000 in funding to the nortHern MaIne DeVeLoPMent CoMMISSIon for community assessments on brownfield sites in Aroostook County. Previous brownfield funding has been utilized to assess and clean up sites in Presque Isle, Fort Kent, Houlton, Ashland, and Fort Fairfield. www.nmdc.org The HUSSon UnIVerSItY SCHooL oF nUrSIng received a $684,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. The funding will help support the education of more than 40 full-time graduate students in the school’s Family and Community Nurse Practitioner program over the next two years. www.husson.edu USDA Rural Development has awarded a Rural Community Development Initiative Grant in the amount of $107,956 to the nortHern ForeSt Center . Funds will be used to deliver technical and financial assistance to build the capacity of seven economic development organizations to provide workforce development and business training services to tourism businesses across the Maine Woods region. www.northernforest.org
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PHOTO 3: SOUBANH PHANTHAY
chosen based on their engagement with fans and followers, the content distributed on their social media platforms, the number of fans or followers they have, and the frequency of posting new content. www.machiassavings.com
3: Erica Whitten, Risteen Bahr, and Lisa Surgeon attend the Greater Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Garden Party at Windswept Gardens.