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V O L . X X I I N O. X X I S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 6 10 B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S N E W S F RO M A RO U N D T H E S TAT E order to increase access to these foods for food-insecure residents. Kennebec Savings commits to theater rehab Kennebec Savings Bank is throwing its weight behind a $4.3 million plan to renovate a 400-seat theater in the Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center in Gardiner. e Kennebec Journal reported that Kennebec Savings has agreed to buy all the historic tax credits the renovation has qualified for, in addition to crafting both construction financing and pledge financing packages for the project. And to top it all off, the bank says that it will donate $100,000 to the fundraising cam- paign for the renovations. "We have a major investment in that community, and it has been very welcoming to us," said Andrew Silsby, president of Kennebec Savings Bank, according to the Kennebec Journal. "It's important to tell that area that we believe in the work that's being done. Also, we understand our influence at times can help be a tipping point." Farmington memory care facility to create 30 jobs Woodlands Senior Living officials were joined by community leaders to mark the groundbreaking of Woodlands Memory Care of Farmington, a $4 million facility that will create 30 full- time jobs. "We are pleased to be moving forward with the development of this community, which will provide vital res- idential memory care services to families in the Farmington and greater Franklin County area," Matthew Walters, COO of Woodlands Senior Living, said in a statement about the project. "ere is a significant need for this type of special- ized care community in this part of the state." e 20,000-square-foot facility, which will be at 175 Knowlton Corner Road, which is expected to open in October 2017. It will be the 12th senior living facility from the family-owned, Waterville-based Woodlands Senior Living and its seventh purpose-built memory care community in the state. Like its other purpose-built memory care facilities, Woodlands Memory Care of Farmington will feature high-effi- ciency climate controls, video monitor- ing safety systems and multiple high- end amenities, including open-air cen- tral atriums, home-like activity rooms and a large outside courtyard with walk- ing paths, gardens and a gazebo. TD Bank to cut 35 jobs in Lewiston Some 35 back office workers at the TD Bank operations center in Lewiston will be laid off over the coming months. Judith Schmidt, TD Bank's vice president of corporate media relations, told the Portland Press Herald that the planned layoffs stem from outsourcing. "is will provide technical expertise that allows us to introduce more automation, improving our productivity," Schmidt told the Press Herald. "We do not expect this to impact our customer experience." Early in September, Xerox said that it would lay off 142 employees at a Lewiston call center by the end of October. N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N Thomas College in Waterville an- nounced it will have the largest incom- ing class and overall enrollment in its 122-year history with a projected 320 incoming class and 550 returning undergraduate students. Incoming stu- dents represent 15 states and seven countries with an average GPA of 3.1. The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded $91,641 in grant funding to the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence in Augusta. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault in Augusta will receive $147,891 in grant funding through the State Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Coalitions Program. GHM Insurance in Waterville acquired PBC Consulting LLC, a human re- sources consulting firm in Dixmont. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree announced that InnovaSea Systems, a technology and engineering company in Augusta that supports the open-ocean aquacul- ture industry, will receive a $99,771 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research the feasibility of using wood fiber composite materials for the aquaculture pens it manufactures. U.S. Cellular relocated its South Paris retail location to 156 B Main St. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King said that the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory in Augusta will receive $345,649 in grant fund- ing through the U.S. Department of Justice's DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program. The funding will be used to help continue

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