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V O L . X X I X N O. X I M AY 1 5 , 2 0 2 3 40 U S I N E S S M A I N E I N S H O R T N E W S WO R T H Y P E O P L E A N D P E R F O R M A N C E S Voices for National Service announced that U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will receive the "Edward M. Kennedy National Service Lifetime Leader- ship Award" in recognition of her support for AmeriCorps. Andy Yau of RE/ MAX Shoreline in Portland was named as a "2022 RE/MAX Torchbearer." e honor recog- nizes top agents, all age 40 and younger, across its U.S. and Canada regions based on transaction side counts in 2022. The Maine Downtown Center, a pro- gram of Maine Development Foundation in Hallowell, announced that Teresa Valliere, Friends of Woodfords Corner, was named its "Downtown Hero Award" winner; Manifesting Main — Asset Mapping downtown Ellsworth was its "Downtown Project Award" winner; and Charlie Spies, retired CEO of CEI Capital Management, was named "MDF's Champion for Forest Communities Award' recipient. Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland said it was named to Newsweek's "Best US Hospitals" list, based on patient sat- isfaction, surveys of health care profes- sionals and safety and quality measures. The Maine Public Relations Council announced the winners of its annual Golden Arrow Awards. Individual award recipients included: "2023 Edward L. Bernays Award," Carol Higgins Taylor; "2023 Midge Vreeland Public Service Award," Julia Munsey; and "2023 President's Award," Rebecca Emery. Organizational award recipients were: Annual Reports, Maine Credit Union League, Gold, Connections Fuel Success; Communications Campaign: University of New England/ TVP Communications, Gold, UNE to build broader awareness of health and medical programs; and Serra Public Affairs, Bronze, AVANGRID Aid to Canada; Crisis Management: Serra Public Affairs, Bronze, Maine Work Boots Alliance; Editorial/ Op-Ed Columns: University of New England, Silver, Fortune: Doctors must get political to get the politics out of medicine; Employee Communications: Integral, Gold, NonprofitMaine.org/PowertheCommonGood #NonprofitsWorkForME 1 IN Maine workers 100,000 100,000 6 employed Maine nonprofit jobs in Maine That's over by a is Andy Yau