The Maine State Chamber issued an Advocacy Alert this week with the following message: Economic development programs for Maine businesses are at risk and we need your help! Please call or email members of the Appropriations Committee and legislative leaders and ask them to vote to support the Dirigo Business Incentive Program in L.D. 258, the Governor’s change...

“An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program” – Sen. Mattie Daughtry & Rep. Kristen Cloutier The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce highly recommends that all businesses and non-profits take notice of this proposed legislation as it will affect ALL of us with...

The finalists are in! In our first round, thousands of Down East readers cast write-in votes for all their Maine favorites: bookstores to burgers, museums to marinas, architects to apple orchards. The top five vote-getters in each category became finalists. Between June 1 and June 30, cast your vote for the winner in as many of the...

Camden National Bank today announced that David Ackley Jr. will be promoted to Executive Vice President and assume the Chief Risk Officer role upon Joanne Campbell’s retirement on July 7, 2023. Ackley, a 12-year veteran of the bank, previously served as Senior Vice President, Director of Information Security & Enterprise Risk Management. “David is a...