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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 7 D E C E M B E R 1 6 , 2 0 2 4 by year's end. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rising Tide is based in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood, at 103 Fox St. Oxbow is based in Newcastle and has a "blending and bottling" site in Portland, at 49 Washington Ave., and a beer garden in Oxford. Sun Life U.S., one of the largest group benefits providers in the country, said it donated $50,000 to Northeastern University's Roux Institute to help improve access to health care throughout Maine. The organizations have neighboring cam puses on Portland's East End. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's National Coastal Resilience Fund awarded the city of South Portland a $272,000 grant to enhance Trout Brook's environmen tal infrastructure. The funding will support engineering designs for five key culvert upgrades implementing Stream Smart crossings. Avelo Airlines announced the ad dition of nonstorp service from Portland International Airport to New Haven, Conn. Jogan InfoTech, a network en gineering company in Peabody, Mass., announced that it merged with SystemArchitecture.NET in Windham. Blaze Pizza opened a location in Scarborough at 451 Payne Road. Franklin Savings Bank in Farmington launched a Registered Apprenticeship Program in collabo ration with the Foster Career and Technical Education Center and the Department of Education. The Conservation Fund, an Arlington, Va.based nonprofit with a Maine office in Freeport, bought a 44,000acre swath of mountain and forestland along the Canadian border in northwest Maine. It paid $44.4 million in a transac tion that was finalized Oct. 15 and announced Nov. 29. The Hilton Family Forest, as the parcel is known, is in Somerset and Franklin counties. The forest supports the local timber and maple sugar indus tries, and is a hub for recreational use, including hiking, biking, hunt ing, fishing, trapping, snowmobiling and ATV riding. MaineHealth Healthy Community Coalition Farmington was awarded a fiveyear, $625,000 federal grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under the DrugFree Communities Support Program to strengthen ongoing ef forts in preventing youth substance use in its community. Skowhegan Savings Bank said its employees donated a total of $20,000 to 20 local nonprofits dur ing the bank's fourth annual Season of Giving. Staff at the Starbucks cafe on Waterville Commons Drive filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize, calling for a "voice on the job." With the ac tion, the baristas seek to join peers at more than 520 locations across the U.S. that have sought workplace protections. St. Mary's Health System in Lewiston said it plans to close its intensive care unit at the end of the year, citing low patient volume. Pickle's Potions and Lotions, which has a flagship store at 130 Main St. in Winthrop, plans to open a Waterville store at 36 Main St. MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington has plans on the draw ing board for a twoyear renovation and expansion project. The goal of the renovations is to expand and modernize its facility in order to streamline services. In Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island Hospital said it would acquire At NBT Bank, our goal is to help you reach yours. Our relationship managers provide the expert guidance and custom solutions it takes to help grow your business. Our local commitment builds strong, long-lasting partnerships that maximize your potential for success. Capital and Treasury Management Solutions Fraud Protection & Secure Banking Solutions Local Perspective & Decision Making Let our experienced Maine commercial banking team create real opportunity for your business. Cameron McKague, Timothy McMachen, Ashley Gagnon, Jeremy Deering, Michael O'Reilly, Mark Schaub, Joseph Luciano, Kimberly Twitchell, Charles Mathews Member FDIC nbtbank.com/me N O T E W O R T H Y M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N

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