Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s newly renovated branch in Newport opened its doors to customers on April 15.
In the Spotlight: Bar Harbor Bank & Trust completed the renovation of its Newport office and opened its doors in April. Renovations consisted of a complete interior makeover of the branch lobby, while also honoring the history of the building.
Local contractors who worked on the project include: Jewett Construction, A.S. Bartlett & Sons, Biron’s Flooring, Claremont Glassworks Inc., Pinnacle Painting Inc., Granite State Plumbing and Heating, and Hampshire Fire Protection.
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust also has made a pledge of $100,000 to support the planned Newport Community Center capital campaign. The proposed 19,720-square-foot center will be located on Meadow Road, and is projected to cost $6.5 million.
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Cookson Communications hired Olivia Pollock as communications and social media strategist. She joins Cookson with over five years of experience in marketing communications.
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Newburyport Bank made a $1,000 donation in support of the Chase Home for Children’s 5thA nnual Wine & Chocolate Tasting Event. The Chase Home works with at-risk youth. The bank also donated $750 to the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce Toast to the Coast, and $1,500 to the Cross Roads House 17th Annual Benefit by the Sea. Cross Roads House in Portsmouth provides emergency and transitional shelter to homeless men, women and children.
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More than 50 employees from Holy Rosary Credit Union and Bernier Insurance, with family and friends, participated in a bowl-a-thon at Dover Bowl to raise $4,000 for Junior Achievement of Northern New England, an organization that educates students on financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship.
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Members First Credit Union employees, who give $5 to dress down in jeans and other casual attire on Fridays raised $560 for Liberty House, a non-profit organization in Manchester that supports homeless veterans.
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Brookstone Builders hired Joshua Gold as a project manager. He has more than 14 years experience in the commercial construction industry and has worked as a project manager, safety officer, and site superintendent at locations such as the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Boston Air Force Station, and Pease ANG Base.
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Ledyard National Bank was selected to participate in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston's Equity Builder Program, which assists local home buyers with down-payment and closing costs as well as home buyer counseling and rehabilitation assistance. The $3.6 million program provides grants to financial institutions to assist households at or below 80 percent of the area median income. Borrowers can receive up to $15,000 in assistance on a first-come first-serve basis after they complete a homebuyer counseling program. Ledyard is eligible to receive up to $150,000 in 2019 through theprogram depending on availability of funds.
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The Crawford Path in the White Mountains National Forest is on tap to receive funds from REI. The outdoor retailer will donate up to $1 million to the National Forest Foundation in 2019. In celebration of The Crawford Path’s 200th anniversary, REI funds will support sustainable trail repairs along the country’s oldest continuously-used mountain trail in New Hampshire. REI helped begin this work in 2018, and this year will assist in completing the project.
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Meredith Village Savings Bank promoted Michele Masters to assistant vice president, mortgage operations officer. She joined the bank in 2015 as a mortgage operations supervisor.
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Primary Bank, headquartered in Bedford, hired Beth O’Brien as AVP, branch manager.
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