RHONDA SELVIN
WISCASSET — On Dec. 6, the Maine Women’s Business Center and the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission will present a workshop for any business owner in need of a new or refreshed website. The “Introduction to Business Websites” will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the LCRPC conference room, 35 Water St., Wiscasset.
The workshop, taught by Marita Fairfield, will review the nuts and bolts of having a website for your business.
Workshop registration is online at www.wbcmaine.org/Events. There is a $25 fee, and there is a class limit of 12.
For information (and if you have problems with online registration), call 882-7552, ext. 167, or 882-7564.
Alcohol seller, server course now online
AUGUSTA — The Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, in partnership with InforME, has announced that a new online alcoholic beverage seller and server training course is now available through Maine.gov.
The training is open to any individual or group who sells and/or serves alcoholic beverages in the state.
“If you are unable to attend alcoholic beverage seller and server training programs offered by other sources, you now have the ability to learn about selling and serving alcoholic beverages from the comfort of your home or office. The information provided through the online training program is the same information provided during the face-to-face workshops that are held around the state,” Tim Poulin, acting director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, said in a news release.
The training material is separated into categories and includes a glossary of terms and acronyms, and additional information on the laws governing the sale or serving of alcoholic beverages in Maine. Following a review of the course materials, you must complete a 50-question online examination and, once successfully completed, you will be able to print a course completion certificate certifying that you have passed the Maine State Alcoholic Beverages Seller and Server training program.
There is an $18 fee for the online training. After beginning the training course, you have 15 days from your last login to complete the training, including making payment.
For more information on the training program, visit www.maine.gov/dafs/bablo/a lcohol_ bev/education.htm.
LaCharite leaves Baxter Brewing Co.
LEWISTON — Michael LaCharite of Brunswick, brewmaster of Baxter Brewing Co., is moving on to pursue other opportunities, according to company founder and president Luke Livingston.
“We are very proud of all three varieties of beer that Michael helped us craft and bring to market,” Livingston said, “and we will continue to produce the same recipes, and the same quality standards that have helped us become the fastest growing microbrewery in Northern New England, ever.”
In order to maintain the high levels of quality and consistency in its beers, Baxter Brewing Co. has secured the help of head brewer Benjamin Low to continue daily work while a nationwide search for a permanent replacement is conducted.
Baxter Brewing, the only micro-brewery in the Northeast U.S. to package all its beers in kegs or cans, currently ships three varieties of beer (Pamola Xtra Pale Ale, Stowaway IPA and Amber Road) throughout Maine and into the Boston and North Shore, Mass., areas.
Noble Advisors, Canada firm team up
BATH — Two consulting companies — one a Maine firm providing management consulting and executive education services, and the other a Canadian firm providing enterprise improvement processes — are teaming up to provide an innovative suite of services to foster sustainable peak performance of client companies.
Bath-based Noble Advisors LLC (www.NobleAdvisors.com) and Toronto-based BusinessOne Corp. (http://www.businessonecorp.com) will combine their resources and expertise to serve Northeastern U.S. and Canadian clients with a comprehensive set of services for creating sustainable business capability and performance.
The new collaboration will operate initially under the Noble Advisors banner in the U.S. and under the BusinessOne Corp. banner in Canada.
Darwin Gillett, founder and president of Noble Advisors, said, “We’re tremendously excited about it. It’s going to be a total approach for helping businesses and clients throughout the Northeast U.S. and Canada create sustainable superior performance.”
CUs’ Ending Hunger tour visits region
BRUNSWICK — Earlier this month, the 10th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour traveled throughout the Mid-coast region and made stops in five different communities to make contributions to local food pantries.
Brenda Davis, one of the state’s leading ending hunger advocates, has been partnering with Maine’s credit unions to coordinate the Ending Hunger Walking Tour.
In the Mid-coast region, the tour stopped in Bath, Brunswick, Edgecomb, Lisbon and Topsham. A food pantry in each community received a check for $110, which can purchase more than $1,500 in food through the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Food pantries receiving a contribution included: Bath Area Food Bank in Bath; Midcoast Hunger Prevention soup kitchen in Brunswick; Wiscasset Food Bank in Wiscasset/ Edgecomb; Lisbon Area Christian Outreach in Lisbon; and Stauron Ministries/ Family Christian Fellowship Food Pantry in Topsham.
Gervais to address MEREDA members
PORTLAND — Members of the Maine Real Estate and Development Association will gather on Dec. 14, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at the Portland Regency Hotel to hear a presentation by Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner George Gervais.
The commissioner will discuss efforts to centralize permitting and licensing, along with ways to make it easier for businesses to communicate and work with state government.
An R.S.V.P. is requested.
For information and to register, visit www.mereda.org.
Wiscasset Family’s Selvin makes program
WISCASSET — Rhonda Selvin, who has been with Wiscasset Family Medicine for more than 12 years, was recently selected to participate in the Healthcare Leadership Program of the Daniel Hanley Center in conjunction with the Institute for Civic Leadership.
The Hanley Center, based in Portland, is a diverse network of community leaders working toward the ultimate goal of transforming health care.
The Health Leadership development program awards a select group of leaders from across the state the chance to enhance their knowledge of key issues, trends and public policy through case studies, speakers and readings. The program, developed six years ago, aims to provide evolving leaders with knowledge, skills and relationships they need to be leaders in Maine’s increasingly competitive, demanding and complex health-care system.
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