June 30, 2025Edition

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions and professional services firms across Maine.

At Watermelon Pie, Kachina Miller leads a team of five people, with big plans for scaling up.

Millions of federal dollars have been frozen from grant programs at research labs across the state, and the Univ. of Maine has had funding terminated from a number of programs. Some of the grant dollars have been restored, others are tied up in legal action.

The Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, led by MDI Bio Lab, is a consortium of 17 education and research institutions that collaborate to strengthen Maine’s competitiveness in biomedical and biotech research, feed students to biomedical and biotech careers and improve research infrastructure.

At the front end of the workforce pipeline, Maine’s only medical school will operate out of its new $93 million Portland home built to meet the highest standards in medical education but without trying to replicate larger, more established schools.

Yarmouth-based Estabrook’s nursery and garden centers has completed a state-of-the-art commercial greenhouse in Pownal.

Financial coach Allison Bishop offers tips on how to help employees get a better handle on their money situation.

Continued investment in education has been a hallmark of Maine’s universities, colleges and research centers

Wood has been working in the program for decades, in addition to obtaining a bachelor’s degree and a continuing education certificate, as well as creating a music therapy program to help other inmates with behavioral or mental health problems.