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W W W . M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 9 M A R C H 9 , 2 0 2 0 Hampshire. Commissioners of the Maine Public Utilities Commission in Hallowell voted unanimously to approve four initiatives from the solicitation conducted by the Commission to Support Beneficial Electrification of the Transportation Sector. Two of the approved initiatives, one run by Efficiency Maine Trust and the other by CMP, provide $480,000 in funding for up to 120 L2 electric vehicle charg- ing stations. CAT ferry will launch from MDI this summer After a 10-year hiatus, Bay Ferries Ltd. has announced that its high- speed CAT passenger ferry will resume operation between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, on June 26. e service was originally scheduled to start back up last sum- mer, but required construction and permitting delays at the Bar Harbor ferry terminal prevented that from happening. roughout the fall and winter, the Canadian company has worked closely with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to get final approval for the terminal. Bay Ferries operated the CAT between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia from 1997 to 2010, but subsequently moved the ferry's Maine berth to Portland. In 2018, the town of Bar Harbor pur- chased the terminal where the CAT had docked. Bay Ferries indicated it wanted to return the service from Portland to Bar Harbor, and agreed to lease the terminal and pay some of the costs for improving it. Hospital merger is finally official Over a year since Mayo Regional Hospital floated a proposal to join Northern Light Health — and several years after the two began discussing closer ties — the deal is done. Mayo, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, and Northern Light, the state's second-largest health care system, on March 1 completed the merger, according to a news release. e news caps off a complex process that included public votes, an act of the Legislature, board approval and a green light from the state Department of Health and Human Services. e Mayo board initially approved the merger in February 2019, citing the hospital's "progres- sively worsening financial situation." Because Mayo was owned by a quasi- governmental hospital administrative district — the only one left in Maine — the merger also required the OK's of 13 communities that comprised the district. Voters in Abbot, Atkinson, Bradford, Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Guilford, Milo, Parkman, Sebec and Willimantic all approved the merger at their town meetings, with the final vote taken last May. Cambridge was the only town to have voted against the merger. N O T E W O R T H Y N O R T H E R N & E A S T E R N The University of Maine at Fort Kent and the University of Maine at Presque Isle acquired two state-of- the art Anatomage tables. The tables, used by the world's top medical schools and hospitals, are described as the most technologically advanced 3D visualization systems for anatomy and physiology education. M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T N O R T H E R N & E A S T E R N We specialize in helping Maine and New Hampshire businesses grow, with loans of all types, generated through our local credit union partners. And because we're not a bank, we're able to off er better terms and greater fl exibility. Our streamlined process will get you the money you need in a timely way. Whether you're looking to borrow $50,000 or $20,000,000, come in and talk to us fi rst. 866.736.2804 | mainebls.com Our local lending team is focused on you. EQUIPMENT LOANS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS BUSINESS EXPANSION LOANS Al Moroney VP of Lending Mid Coast Are you tired of working with a virtual lender?

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