Postal manager

HAMPDEN – John Voye of Brewer was promoted recently to the position of associate supervisor after graduating from the Associate Supervisor Program at the U. S. Postal Service. Voye has been with the Postal Service for 23 years and joined the four-month training program in last October.

Voye has held several positions within the Postal Service, including expediter, window clerk and acting supervisor.

Voye will be in charge of a mail processing unit. He will be stationed at the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Facility where he will supervise Postal Service employees who process the mail in that facility.

Business excellence award

WATERVILLE – WBRC Architects-Engineers was one of six Maine companies receiving the 2007 Governor’s Award for Business Excellence during the 56th Colby Institute for Leadership luncheon at Colby College.

For more than 100 years, WBRC Architects-Engineers has been changing the face of Maine by designing landmark buildings such as Stevens Hall and the Buchanan Alumni House, both on the University of Maine campus.

WBRC’s LEED-certified designs and schools are sought after for their design and performance and often incorporated into the community as meeting spaces, performance space, and in many cases, voting space for the town.

WBRC continues to seek out new ways to contribute to the state’s growing economy, rich culture, social fabric and public discourse by being an active participant in the community in support of more than 40 organizations and events, among them Bangor’s American Folk Festival.

The company offers scholarships, internships and job shadowing and has hired many of its interns upon graduation.

The Governor’s Awards for Business Excellence, administered by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development recognize Maine companies that demonstrate a high level of commitment to their community, employees and to manufacturing or service excellence.

Also honored this year were Down East Enterprise Inc. of Camden, Downeast Energy & Building Supply of Brunswick, Louisiana Pacific Corp. of Houlton, Millinocket Fabrication & Machine Inc. of Millinocket, and Norton Insurance and Financial Services of Cumberland and Brunswick.

Teach One Reach One

BANGOR – The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation board of directors recently awarded Literacy Volunteers of Bangor a grant in the amount of $2,500. The grant will help fund the “Teach One Reach One” project designed to increase the pool of available volunteer tutors.

Film preservation equipment

BUCKSPORT – The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation board of directors recently awarded Northeast Historic Films a grant of $2,500. The gift will help fund the purchase of film-to-video transfer equipment for film preservation.

Every year, thousands of people throughout Maine use the moving image collections of NHF to reconnect with family history and to learn about the forces that have shaped communities and the state. With the purchase of the film-to-video equipment, NHF will be able to deliver high-quality movie copies in new formats, including digital files for computer and Internet use.