BAR HARBOR – Bill Ferm of Mount Desert was elected president of the Abbe Museum board of trustees at the board’s meeting on July 18. Ferm is an attorney in the firm Ross & Ferm LLC in Ellsworth. He served as an Abbe trustee from… Read More
FORT KENT – Dr. Simona Suchan of Northern Medical Center has met the requirements for certification in the advanced psychiatry practice of geriatrics as prescribed by the American Board of Psychiatry. Suchan has been a member of NMMC’s staff since July 2001. She completed her… Read More
FORT KENT – Dr. Khalid Husain will join Northern Maine Medical Center’s staff and will begin seeing patients July 18. Husain, a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, comes to the area from Maryland, where… Read More
HAMPDEN – George B. Weatherbee School Principal Dana C. Folsom recently was elected to the 15-member board of directors of the National Association of Elementary School Principals. Folsom will serve a three-year term as NAESP’s director of Zone 1, representing member principals in Connecticut, Delaware,… Read More
FORT KENT – Pvt. James Theriault of Fort Kent has enlisted as the newest member of Battery C, 1/152nd Field Artillery Maine Army National Guard in Fort Kent. The son of Carl Theriault and Linda Smart of Fort Kent, he will begin his active duty… Read More
Fort Kent – Shaun Tomblin, a former basketball standout at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, has been appointed to the campus board of visitors. Tomblin, 23, of Rego Park, N.Y., is a collateral analyst with Congress Financial Corp. in New York City. He… Read More
FORT KENT – University of Maine at Fort Kent alumnus Melik Peter Khoury has been named permanent head of campus recruitment efforts after having served as interim director of admissions since January. Khoury spent nearly all four years of his tenure as a student on… Read More
Michael L. Nickerson recently was elected president of the Maine Society of Certified Public Accountants. Nickerson is president of Nickerson Professional Association, a CPA firm in Belfast. Read More
Mary Hurd, manager of the Bucksport McDonald’s, recently received the Ray Croc Award, an honor bestowed on only 128 of McDonald’s managers in the country. Named after McDonald’s founder, the award is given to managers who are most successful in achieving superior results in the… Read More
BLUE HILL – The National Student Leadership Conference has selected Caleigh Keevan, a sophomore at George Stevens Academy, to participate in its conference on Law and Advocacy – The Trial. The conference will be from July 4-14 at American University in Washington, D.C. The conference… Read More
Ali Copellevi of Fort Kent and Florence Bouchard of Madawaska, participants in Northern Maine Medical Center’s Cardiac Rehab Phase III program, have been named the hospital’s Heart Patients of the Year. After completing NMMC’s Phase II Cardiac Rehab in 2001, Copellevi continued with Phase III… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Maine Public Service has announced that Lance Smith, 50, president and co-owner of Smith’s Farm Inc., has joined the company’s board of directors. A fifth-generation farmer, Smith is a 1972 graduate of the University of Maine at Orono and holds an associate… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Juanita G. Higgins of Ellsworth was installed as 2002 president of the Hancock-Washington Board of Realtors. Higgins is a sales associate with Town & Country Realtors in Ellsworth. The installation was held at the Surry Inn during the annual Realtors holiday party. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
FORT KENT – Dr. Marianna Sarnik has met the requirements for certification in her specialty of internal medicine. Before her arrival in the St. John Valley, Sarnik completed her residency in internal medicine at Pennsylvania hospitals, including CMC Scranton, Hazleton General Hospital, and the Veterans… Read More
Retired Lt. Gen. Walter F. Ulmer Jr., a Bangor native, has been chosen by Dickinson College and the U.S. Army War College to hold a new joint teaching chair in strategic leadership. Next summer, Ulmer will begin his term holding the General of the Army… Read More
A South Portland man, Richard Brown, has been named president of the Maine Professional Drivers Association for 2002-03. Robert Fernald of Cape Elizabeth was named vice president; Terry Stuart of Hollis was named secretary; Pam Rogers of Yarmouth was named treasurer; Dave Stuart of Hollis… Read More
Ernest York of Mars Hill was named Driver of the Year by the Maine Professional Drivers Association. York started his driving career in 1955 and has remained with the same company, McCain Foods of Easton, for nearly 20 years. He has driven millions of miles without an accident… Read More
The Corinth Area Kiwanis Club has elected new officers for the 2001-2002 term: Jeff Bean, president; Don Strout, Jr., president-elect; Denise Trafton, vice-president; Julie Duran, secretary; Diann Gagnon, treasurer. Elected to the board of directors were Tim Chesley, Debbie Dunham, John Goulet, Terri Jane Stymiest and Leroy Webber. Read More
Cristin Hagelstein of Caribou, a first-year student at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., has been named a Presidential Scholar at the school. The Presidential Scholarship, established in 1993, is a merit-based award offered to high-achieving students in Franklin & Marshall’s applicant pool. Presidential Scholars receive a… Read More
Sarah Curran of Gorham, a Spanish and women’s studies major at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship for the 2001-2002 academic year. Recipients are chosen on the basis of academic accomplishment and the quality of the research… Read More
Nancy Yoder, an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, was recently named a director of the Penobscot River Educational Partnership: A Professional Development Network. Yoder, a resident of Hampden, will devote half of her workload to coordinating and facilitating activities for… Read More
David J. Dunning of S.W. Cole Engineering Inc. in Hermon has been elected president of the Maine Chapter of the Society for the Marketing of Professional Services for 2001-2002. Jennifer Sheffer of The Ames Corp. in Bangor also has been elected an at-large board member. Read More
Irene C. Thorndike, a 30-year clerk at Belfast City Hall, was honored this week for her long service in behalf of the city. Thorndike began working behind the counter at City Hall at a time when Belfast was the gritty poultry processing and shoe manufacturing… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Charles B. Cianchette has been elected to the hospital board of trustees at Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield. The SVH board is the governing body for the nonprofit community hospital, with trustees representing the towns throughout the organization’s service area. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Kate Baldacci of Bangor recently attended the American Legion Auxiliary’s 55th session of Girls Nation in the last week of July in Chevy Chase, Md. During the week, Baldacci’s accomplishments included being named Department of Treasury-director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Delegates also ran political… Read More
The New England Association for College Admission Counseling has named Kim Johnston, associate director of admissions at the University of Maine, Counselor of the Year for the state of Maine. The award recognizes one college admissions counselor and one high school guidance counselor from each of the New… Read More
LEBANON, Tenn. – The Rev. Gary A. DeLong of Bar Harbor, Maine, was awarded an honorary doctor of humanities degree at Cumberland University’s commencement exercises May 12. After receiving the degree, DeLong delivered the commencement address. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
BANGOR – Ken Huhn, program director for St. Joseph Healthcare, was recently honored with the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Grassroots Champion Award. Huhn is vice president of the AHA of New England, Penobscot division, and has been a delegate to the New England Assembly for… Read More
Charles “Chuck” Arrigoni of Winterport, a city letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Brewer, won a Special Achievement Award for his conscientious attitude on the job and for going out of his way to help customers on his route. Arrigoni was cited for being willing to… Read More
The St. Joseph Hospital Laboratory in Bangor has been named national laboratory of the year by Advance Magazine, a national publication for medical laboratory professionals. The award is based on “exemplary teamwork and several successful interdisciplinary performance improvement projects,” an article in the April 16 issue said. Hospital… Read More
Colleen Adams of Brewer has been chosen as Kennebec Valley Technical College’s Student of the Year. Adams, an occupational therapy student, has maintained a 3.93 grade point average and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. Adams, a wife and mother of… Read More
Molly Holmberg of Orono and Middlebury College recently was awarded one of 60 Thomas J. Watson Foundation fellowships to college seniors across the United States. While traveling outside the United States for one year after graduation, these seniors will pursue independent research projects. More than 1,000 students applied… Read More
William D. Reed of Old Town has been elected to a two-year term as a regional director for Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity. He is emergency services director and state lead for disaster relief services for the Pine Tree Chapter, American Red Cross. Reed… Read More
Ali Elhaj, president and CEO of The Acadia Hospital, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the board of trustees for the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems. Herbert R. Sargent, principal of the Hampden-based general contracting firm Sargent & Sargent, has been… Read More