Job well done
The Bath Fire & Rescue Department firefighters who responded to the Dike Newell Elementary School fires in June were awarded Unit Citations for Outstanding Performance by Chief Lawrence Renaud and given letters of appreciation by City Manager Marc Meyers. “Under heavy fire and smoke conditions, firefighters demonstrated outstanding performance, which had a significant impact on the outcome of the department’s response,” according to a prepared release by the city. Contributed / City of Bath
Worth a Tri
Town & Country Federal Credit Union staffers who participated in the 2022 Tri for a Cure were, from left, Lyndsey Laskey, Linda Halleran, Brittany Eaton and Chelsea Torrey. Collectively, the credit union contributed more than $20,000 in support of the Maine Cancer Foundation. Contributed / Town & Country FCU
Granted
Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick has received a $10,000 grant from The Dunkin’ Joy of Childhood Foundation to support its School Pantry program, which provides children and their families easy to prepare food for the weekends.
Hires, promotions, appointments
Officer Kayden Nadeau was sworn in July 8 as a patrol officer in the Brunswick Police Department. Nadeau is from Fort Kent and a recent graduate of Thomas College, where he studied criminal justice and forensic psychology.
Mesick Braun
Cassandra “Casey” Mesick Braun has been appointed curator following an international search at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Mesick Braun comes to BCMA from the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, where she worked most recently as associate curator of global Indigenous art.
Ronda Steciuk of Falmouth is the new director of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Animal Welfare Program.
Steciuk
JoAnn and Jess Paladino, a mother-daughter real estate team, have joined the Re/Max Shoreline office in Portland.
Litigation professionals Philip Coffin, Jeffrey Russell and Cyrus Cheslak have joined Verrill’s Portland office from Lambert Coffin.
Sue Campbell has been named executive director of OUT Maine. Campbell has served as interim executive director since May and was formerly the deputy director.
South Portland resident Shara Drew will begin as the city’s first communications officer on Aug. 31.
Transitions
Kelley
KeyBank Market President and commercial sales leader Raymond T. “Chip” Kelley will retire at the end of November after more than 30 years as a commercial banking leader in Maine.
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