Bangor

Identity theft seminar

KeyBank will hold a weeklong series of events in Bangor to offer advice on guarding one’s identity and protecting personal information. Shred Your Worries Week begins with a kickoff event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 16, and runs through Saturday, July 23, at the MidMall Bangor KeyCenter, 29 Bangor Mall Blvd. KeyBank will present seminars, demonstrations and helpful information on identity theft, online security and other topics throughout the week.

Kickoff activities and events 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, July 16, are:

. Free commercial shredder provided to dispose of sensitive documents.

. Seminars at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on identity theft by Maureen Holteen, a KeyBank security executive.

. Seminars at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on the safe disposal of personal computers by Bangor’s PHD Consulting.

. Free demonstrations of KeyBank’s online banking. Visitors who sign up for KeyBank online banking and investing will receive a free personal shredder.

. Children’s safety area by the Bangor Police Department.

. KeyToon appearances.

To obtain more information, call 945-0612. The event is free and open to the public.

QuickBooks workshop

MaineStream Finance is holding a free QuickBooks training class for small businesses 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow St., Bangor. Participants will learn proper setup procedures, available options, tools and features to meet specialized business needs. Call MaineStream Finance at 973-3555 for information or to register. Registration is required.

Brewer

Business insurance seminar

Dale Tudor of Brewer, a Modern Woodmen of America representative, recently completed a five-day educational program at Modern Woodmen’s home office in Rock Island, Ill.

The program focused on helping business owners with Modern Woodmen life insurance plans, annuities and IRAs. Additional emphasis was given to the use of employee benefits plans in various types of businesses.

Resource for teachers

Primary Source has opened an office at 47 Main St., Bangor, to serve as an administrative center and staging area for the organization’s teacher training programs, as well as a meeting space for consulting activities.

Ryan Bradeen, director of Maine Programs, encourages educators to take advantage of the office’s professional library, consisting of nearly 500 texts, maps and curricular materials on the history and culture of East Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the United States. Bradeen worked for Primary Source from a home office in Brewer for the last three years.

Primary Source promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators to peoples and cultures throughout the world and provides seminars, workshops, summer institutes and study tours for K-12 educators.

Primary Source, Bradeen said, has worked closely with the Bangor School Department, helping to shape that district’s impressive China and world studies initiatives. The organization has also worked with educators from 20 Maine school districts including Brewer, Orono, SAD 22 in Hampden, MDI, Blue Hill, Unity, MCI, Messalonski, Windham and Sanford.

Primary Source was born in 1985 at the kitchen table of Anna and Dick Roelofs in their Blue Hill home. As experienced educators, the Roelofs were deeply concerned about how to make social studies curriculum more relevant and engaging. In 1989, Anna Roelofs moved the young nonprofit to Massachusetts. There, the organization’s content focus sharpened and programming expanded. Since then, Primary Source has become a nationally recognized provider of teacher-training and a leader of efforts to strengthen the place of international studies in Massachusetts schools.

The Primary Source Maine Programs office is open 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call Ryan Bradeen, 942 7146 or e-mail at ryan@primarysource.org.

Dedham

Open Farm Day

Peaked Mountain Farm will offer samples of its sweet wild blueberry apple pickle, a gourmet relish, when the farm participates in Open Farm Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, July 24. To learn more about the farm and its products, call 843-6484 or visit www.peakedmountainfarm.com.

Orono

Worker’s comp sessions

Maine superintendent of insurance Alessandro A. Iuppa recently announced three upcoming educational sessions on workers’ compensation insurance for employers and agents. The local session will be held 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, Room 107, Donald P. Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine in Orono.

Topics for the workers’ compensation sessions will include: a discussion of coverage and employer’s liability insurance, a review of the declarations page – including other states’ coverage – claim settlement and policyholder’s responsibilities, premium determination, assessments on policies, pre-payment of premium, premium auditing, coverage issues for sole proprietors and partners, and executive directors, independent contractor status, cancellation and non-renewal issues, consultation services, reasons for premium increases and how to lower workers’ compensation costs.

The sessions are free and are directed toward Maine employers and agents.

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis due to space limitations. Those interested in attending should call Brad Brown at 624-8478 or e-mail Bradford.L.Brown@maine.gov to register.