Bangor

Real estate news

Mary Ellen Farrell of Hampden and Angie Small of Bangor have joined Re/Max Advantage. Farrell is a broker associate and Small is the office administrator.

Farrell, with 11 years of real estate experience and a broker’s license, provides service to the Greater Bangor area. She graduated from the University of Maine.

In addition to her office administration duties, Small holds an associate broker’s license. She received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Maine.

Jay Peavey of Hampden and Rosanne Bates of Brewer also have joined Re/Max Advantage as associates.

Peavey holds a diploma from Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute in Presque Isle. Bates has more than 10 years experience in real estate. She is certified in relocation. For more information, call 942-8100.

Statement of support

Officials from several businesses in Maine signed a statement of support recently to support the job rights of National Guard and Reserves employees. State chairman of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is Edwin Clift, president of Merrill Merchants Bank in Bangor.

Brewer

Governor’s visit

Gov. John Baldacci will address associates at the new Wal-Mart Supercenter, 24 Walton Drive, in Brewer at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, for associate inspiration night.

A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the supercenter is planned for 7-8 a.m. Wednesday, June 18. Dignitaries will give speeches and make charitable contributions to Brewer area organizations and schools. The supercenter will open for business after the ceremony.

Gift to center on aging

BREWER – During a ceremony at the Brewer Automotive Components facility, Toyota and BAC announced a $20,000 gift to the University of Maine Center on Aging. The grant will establish a visiting geriatric community scholar program, the first of its kind at the university. The program will enable the center to bring a series of national experts in the field of aging to Maine.

“The generosity of Brewer Automotive Components and Toyota is making this program possible,” said Lenard Kaye, director of UMaine Center on Aging.

“Without their support, this tremendous expertise and talent would not have been available. We are always challenged to find the resources to bring skilled professionals from elsewhere in the country to the campus and its surrounding communities. We will now be able to do just that.”

Toyota’s Community Connection program is a philanthropy program aimed at supporting nonprofit organizations in the cities where the automotive manufacturer and its suppliers do business. The program, which is in its fifth year, has donated more than $560,000 to non-profit organizations in Toyota supplier cities.

To learn more about the Center on Aging, visit www.mainecenteronaging.org, or call 581-3483.

Holden

Speedy doughnut crew

Crew members from RR1 Dunkin’ Donuts shop in Holden finished in fourth place in the company’s first-ever Speed of Service Championship in Gorham recently.

Holden team members are Sonya LaGross, Mary MacDonald, Amy MacDonald, Celeste Harriman, Paul Harriman and Stephanie MacDonald.

In addition to the six-member team from Holden, teams from stores in Wells, Newport and Brunswick competed in the contest.

Each team had 10 minutes to complete 18 customer orders, and was judged on speed of service, order accuracy and courteous service. The employees from the Newport shop were awarded $15,000, and the second place prize of $6,000 went to the shop in Wells. Brunswick won third place, and Holden fourth place, each of those teams receiving $3,000.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin