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w w w. m a i n e b i z . b i z 33 Ja n ua r y 2 6 , 2 0 1 5 The Portland Water District was awarded the certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association for its comprehensive annual financial report. Camden National Bank named Ryan Smith, senior vice president, commer- cial regional manager based in Auburn, as its officer of the year for 2014. The Maine Public Relations Council in Augusta awarded Nancy Marshall Communications in Augusta gold awards for its Facebook campaign for Maine Lakes & Mountains Tourism Council and for the Summit Natural Gas of Maine groundbreaking ceremony press conference. e firm also received a silver award for branding development for The Maine Beer & Wine Distributors Association's responsibility initiative. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farm- ington announced that Vicki Adams, a cardiac and pulmonary reha- bilitation nurse, passed the Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional exam from the American Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. e Associated General Contractors of America honored its Maine Chapter with a safety award based on the overall incident rate of its general member- ship. e association also recognized CA Newcomb and Sons Fence & Guardrail, Carmel; CCB Inc., Westbrook; HE Callahan Construction Co., Auburn; Knowles Industrial Services Corp., Gorham; Nickerson & O'Day Inc., Bangor; NS Giles Foundations Inc., Bangor; Sargent Corp., Stillwater; Shaw Brothers Construction, Gorham; Environmental Trenchless Technologies Inc., Lisbon Falls; and Main Line Fence Co. Inc., Cumberland for their safety records over the past three years. CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environ- mental scientists and land survey- ors in Brewer, announced that Chris Snowdeal and Brett Deyling became licensed professional engineers. Maine Medical Center in Portland announced that 101 of its physicians were chosen for inclusion in Down East Magazine's "Maine TopDocs Physician Survey 2015" as the top spe- cialists in their field. Of those, 34 were rated at the top of their category. American Infrastructure Magazine selected the Rangeley Line Railway proj- ect as its rail project of the year. Avesta Housing in Portland awarded the 2014 Mike Yandell Award to Jess Maurer, executive director of the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging. e award recognizes an individual for work in the field of affordable housing. The University of New England in Biddeford ranked 100th and the University of Southern Maine in Portland 157th in U.S. News & World Report's 2015 rankings for Best Online Graduate Education Programs. A total of 250 public and private colleges and universities were rated. The Maine Department of Labor in Augusta announced that the town of Scarborough earned the safety and health award for public employers. Scarborough is the seventh municipal employer to receive the award, which recognizes public-sector organizations that voluntary undertake the safety achievement program. Wright-Pierce, an engineering firm in Portland specializing in water, waste- water, storm water and infrastructure services, received PSMJ's Circle of Excellence Platinum Award at the 2014 A/E/C (architecture/engineer- ing/construction) Industry Summit held in Orlando in December. e firm was one of six in North America to receive this award for sustained business excellence. Maine Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency, announced that Mike Saucier of Cary Medical Center in Caribou was honored with a Patriot Award in rec- ognition of the center's support of its employee serving in the Maine Guard and Reserve. Mike Vaillancourt, an attorney and shareholder with the South Portland law firm of Ainsworth, Thelin & Raftice PA, was elected president of the Cumberland County Bar Association. e association's mission is to enhance the professional lives of its members and to improve the administration of the law by promoting civility, collegiality, education and justice. Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ Brett Deyling Vicki Adams Chris Snowdeal Department of Economic & Community Development March 17-18 Augusta Civic Center Maine Governor's ConferenCe on TourisM reGisTrATion is open Know Your AudienCe to Craft Your Story March 17: Industry Leading Workshops and Welcome Reception: $15 March 18: Full Conference Day and Governor's Tourism Awards Luncheon: $65 Keynote speaker: Jonah sachs Co-founder/CEO, Free Range Studios Learn key insights on how to engage your audience through storytelling. For more information visit mainetourismconference.com or Conference Coordinator Jodi Connors: stageharborme@gmail.com