LAW FIRM MOVES TO NEW OFFICES

The law firm of Taylor, McCormack and Frame, LLC, has moved to new offices at 30 Milk St. in Portland. For more details, call 828-2005 or go to www.TMFAttorneys.com. 

SPRINGBORN, D. GALLANT MERGING

D. Gallant Management Associates, a human resources consulting firm, will join Springborn Staffing in a merger that will bring both companies under the umbrella of the LDTEnterprises corporation. The transition becomes official on July 1. Springborn Staffing is located at 107 Exchange St. in Portland. For more details, call Bridget Chase at 761-8367 or email [email protected]. 

FIRM HELPS WITH AGING WORK FORCE

LTC Financial Partners, LLC, a national long-term care agency, has formed a new division in Portland called Worksite Academy. The academy will address long-term health care issues associated with the loss of productivity, job turnover and stress-related illnesses caused when an older worker has to cope with care-giving duties for an aging family member.

The Worksite Academy division will be led by Todd Grove, a founding partner of LTC, with offices in Portland. It will be co-led by Ed Jette, co-founder and former co-owner of Empower Services, a long-term care work site specialist. Jette maintains LTC offices in Boston. Both men will have the title of national director of work site sales.

In addition to working with employee benefit brokers, Grove and Jette will mentor long-term care insurance producers on the skills needed to implement long-term care education programs across the country. For more details, go to www.worksiteacademy.com. 

LEARNINGWORKS EXPANDS SERVICES

LearningWorks, a new community-based youth services center, has expanded operations at the J. Richard Martin Community Center at 189 Alfred St., Biddeford. Ethan Strimling is the chief executive officer of the program, which offers services for at-risk youth dealing with juvenile justice and mental health issues.

The office works to provide case management, supervision and enrichment for youth at risk of detention; anger management and skills training for youths who struggle with aggression, substance abuse or other such behaviors; and targeted case management for youths with diagnosed behavioral health disorders, many of whom are involved in the juvenile justice system.

Donna Mrowka is the new director of community-based youth services. For more details, call Bodi Luse at 775-0105, ext. 122, or go to www.learningworks.me. 

DOWNEAST ENERGY HAS NEW WEBSITE

Downeast Energy of Brunswick has launched a new website at www.downeastenergy.com. The site offers customer account access online to track their oil consumption, deliveries, statements and payments.

Customers can look into delivery and obtain information on servicing or protecting their heating systems, as well as details on how to get free heating inspections, certified home-energy audits, home temperature monitoring, oil tank insurance and easy-to-understand price protection plans. For more details, call Angie Helton at 653-0365. 

CHIROPRACTOR OPENS NEW OFFICE

Chiropractor Geoffrey Bove has opened a new office at 405 Mills Road (Route 9), Kennebunkport. Bove, a licensed chiropractor since 1988, specializes in patients with acute and chronic pain. He was an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and now is an associate professor at the University of New England in Biddeford.

Bove received his doctorate in 1994 and has conducted research in anatomy and neurobiology, addressing questions about abdominal and pelvic pain, as well as pain specifically related to sciatica, headaches and endometriosis.

He has published many original research articles and spoken worldwide on these and other topics, and has taught human anatomy at Harvard Medical School and University of North Carolina Medical School.

Prospective patients may call 590-8949 for more information or to set up a consultation. 

CONSULTANT HELPS BUSINESSES GROW

Phil Strazis of Orr’s Island has opened Business Development Services to coach businesses of all sizes in developing and implementing innovative strategies for survival and growth in a changing economy.

Strazis assists companies in commercialization of nonproprietary innovative product and services concepts through marketing and the formation of strategic alliances. For more details, call Strazis at 833-7860 or email [email protected]. 

CAFE AND MEETING PLACE OPENS

The Independent has launched as a new cafe and meeting place on Firefly Lane in Bar Harbor. It offer coffees, fresh fruit smoothies, juices and a variety of local baked goods. The cafe is owned and managed by Timothy Rich and Brian Spigel, respectively. Rich is a Portland native and longtime Mount Desert Island resident. For more details, call 756-9883.