Bangor

New home for Abacus

Abacus: The Learning Store has moved to 744 Hogan Road, behind the Black Stove Shop.

Owned by Gloria Aurelio, Abacus offers developmental and educational toys, puzzles and craft kits for children from birth to age 10.

Other products include specialty toys, books and children’s music, classroom decor and resources for teachers of kindergarten through grade five. Stock item catalog ordering is available through middle school level.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

New moving service

Joshua Gallant has opened Gallant’s Moving Service in Bangor. His motto is: “We move anything.”

For information, call 942-7944, or e-mail Josheysquash@aol.com.

Orono

New business group

North Atlantic Business Group LLC has announced the opening of its office on the second floor of the Merrill Merchants Bank building on Main Street.

North Atlantic Business Group acts as a mortgage broker for prime and subprime commercial mortgages. It will handle marketing and public relations for business clients.

North Atlantic Business Group can be reached by telephone at 866-0200, by fax at 866-0300, or by e-mail at nabg@verizon.net.

Brewer

Karate school

Eastern Maine Karate has recently opened in Brewer with the head school located at 153 State St.

The school teaches a very traditional form of karate-do known as Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Matsumura Seito, a 300-year-old system of practical self-defense using punching, kicking, grappling and throwing combined with pressure point and joint manipulation. The school studies under the white crane.

Sensei Steve Apsega is the head instructor, with third-degree black belt training for 16 years. He has been teaching for several years with schools in Hermon and Orrington. Apsega is a certified member of the Okinawa Karate and Kobudo Federation and receives a visit from the grand master from Okinawa to train in New England every year.

For information, call 825-4048, or visit www.aoskkf.com.